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(Fungus sense) I can't seem to find this by searching, or in any dictionary[edit]

Equinox 17:23, 10 April 2015 (UTC)Reply

I found only this: [1]. Einstein2 (talk) 18:56, 10 April 2015 (UTC)Reply

RFV discussion: April 2015[edit]

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Anglicised form of "fungus"; plural "fungs". I can't seem to find it in dictionaries or in Google Books. Equinox 19:01, 10 April 2015 (UTC)Reply

  • This book explains that the term was coined by Ferdinand von Mueller but never became widespread. It has the usable quote "The Baron stuck to his fungs, but the term failed to catch on".
  • The same book also discusses an 1892 monograph by Mordecai Cubitt Cooke, "An enumeration of all fungs" which presumably uses the word in running text as well.
  • I'm also seeing citations on Scholar to R Tate "A list of the charas, mosses, liverworts, lichens, fungs, and algals of extratropical South Australia" which also presumably uses the word in running text. If so, that is three cites. SpinningSpark 21:41, 10 April 2015 (UTC)Reply
Looks good. {{context|extremely rare|lang=en}} might be in order. Renard Migrant (talk) 15:44, 11 April 2015 (UTC)Reply


These citations should be added to the actual entry (or its citations page) when someone has time. Equinox 11:52, 30 May 2017 (UTC)Reply