Obs. Also 6 funga. [ ? a. It. or Sp. fungo FUNGUS.] A mushroom or fungus.
1562. Bulleyn, Bk. Simples, 3 b. Rotten Moushrimpes called Fungas.
1647. R. Stapylton, Juvenal, 73.
| Pure Fungo’s, such as Claudius eat, before | |
| His wife’s came, after which he ne’re eat more. |
1682. Loyal Satirist, in Somers, Tracts (Scott), VII. 68. Are frogs, fungos, and toadstools the chiefest dish in a spiritual collation?
