"dark fungus" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "Back-formation from dark fungi, from dark fungal matter/fungal dark matter, from dark matter+fungus",
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      "form": "dark funguses",
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  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "word": "biological dark matter"
        },
        {
          "word": "marine dark matter"
        },
        {
          "word": "microbial dark matter"
        }
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        "A fungus that is only known from the detection of its fungal DNA signature in environmental DNA (“eDNA”) sampling."
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          "fungal",
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          "environmental DNA",
          "environmental DNA#English"
        ],
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          "eDNA",
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      "related": [
        {
          "word": "black fungus"
        },
        {
          "word": "dark matter"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "dark matter fungus"
        }
      ]
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  ],
  "word": "dark fungus"
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      "word": "marine dark matter"
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      "word": "microbial dark matter"
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  "etymology_text": "Back-formation from dark fungi, from dark fungal matter/fungal dark matter, from dark matter+fungus",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
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      "word": "black fungus"
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      "word": "dark matter"
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        "A fungus that is only known from the detection of its fungal DNA signature in environmental DNA (“eDNA”) sampling."
      ],
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "dark matter fungus"
    }
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  "word": "dark fungus"
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