funghi

Pizza topping, Italian

Funghi is the Italian word for mushrooms, appearing in English primarily on menus: pizza ai funghi, risotto con funghi.

The singular is fungo.

In English contexts, funghi almost always means edible mushrooms as a dish or topping, borrowing Italian's culinary prestige.

culinary

porcini

Edible boletus species

cremini · portobello · risotto · pasta · pizza · sauce · dried · sauteed · umami · earthy

mycology

spore

Asexual reproductive cell

gill · hyphae · decomposer · substrate · cultivation · identification · edible · poisonous · bracket · boletus

foraging

woodland

Forested land area

wild · seasonal · undergrowth · damp · leaf litter · oak · beech · chestnut · morning dew · terrain

Categories
Opposites
linguistic origin

funghimushrooms

Spore-bearing fruiting bodies

mushroom · button mushrooms · shrooms · toadstools

language/origin

funghimushrooms

Spore-bearing fruiting bodies

champignons · shiitake · porcini

pizza/pasta toppings

funghicarne

Meat in Spanish

prosciutto · pepperoni · frutti di mare · margherita · marinara

Phrases
Family

fungus, fungi, fungal, fungoid, fungicide, fungicidal, antifungal

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G