fungal disease
Spore-caused illness
A fungal disease is an illness caused by fungal infection, affecting plants, animals, or humans.
In humans, fungal diseases range from superficial conditions like athlete's foot and ringworm to serious systemic infections.
In agriculture, fungal diseases devastate crops: Wheat rust is a fungal disease that threatens global food supplies.
- candidiasisYeast-caused fungal infection
- yeast infectionFungal skin or mucosal condition
- ringwormFungal skin infection
- jock itchFungal groin infection
- downy mildewParasitic plant pathogen
mold · powdery mildew · athlete's foot · histoplasmosis · mycology · rot · leaf spot · infection · antifungal cream · fungal spores · black mold · late blight · nail · skin infection · damp · ointment · spreading · humid
- aquaculture problemsparasites, sea lice, escapees, escapes, fish kills
- crop diseasesblight, wilt, blast, root rot, downy mildew
- fish diseasesfin rot, ick, dropsy, velvet, white spot
- plant diseasesblight, wilt, rot, canker, root rot
- reptile diseasesrespiratory infection, stomatitis, thermal burns, impaction, gout
- crop pestsaphids, aphid, armyworm, beetles, cutworms
pathogen type
fungal diseaseviral disease
Illness caused by pathogens
bacterial infection · viral infection · parasitic disease · prion disease