How to pronounce "fungus"

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90 percent of all land plants

need to have a plant-fungus-root association.

You can see the fungus, which exists in most of its life as thin filaments,

and the network of thin filaments, we call it mycelium.

And the mycelium of the fungus can tap into the root of plants

and make a symbiosis.

And thereby, they exchange nutrients that the other one isn't so good at making

or capturing.

But it doesn’t stop there,

because the fungi can tap into other plants at the same time,

So what you end up with is this massive underground network

mediated by fungi.

Now, it's not just nutrients that are flowing,

but also communication,

because plants can talk to each other through the fungal network

to create chemical signals to be able to warn of a pest attack, for example.

Phonetic Breakdown of "fungus"

Learn how to break down "fungus" into its phonetic components. Understanding syllables and phonetics helps with pronunciation, spelling, and language learning.

fun-gus

2 syllables

Standard Phonetic Pronunciation:

/ˈfʌŋ.ɡəs/

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IPA Phonetic Pronunciation:

F AH1 NG G AH0 S

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Definition of "fungus"

Pronunciation: /ˈfʌŋ.ɡəs/

Noun

Any member of the kingdom Fungi; a eukaryotic organism typically having chitin cell walls but no chlorophyll or plastids. Fungi may be unicellular or multicellular.
A spongy, abnormal excrescence, such as excessive granulation tissue formed in a wound.