different between fungous vs mungous

English

From Latin fung?sus. Equivalent to fungus +? -ous.

fungous (not comparable)

Of or pertaining to fungi; fungal.
- 1931, H. P. Lovecraft, The Whisperer in Darkness, chapter 7:
  With the memory of that roadside claw-print fresh in my mind, Akeley’s whispered paragraphs had affected me queerly; and the hints of familiarity with this unknown world of fungous life—forbidden Yuggoth—made my flesh creep more than I cared to own.
(now rare, pathology) Of or containing a spongy, abnormal excrescence.

mungous (plural mungouses)

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