Noun: fungus gnat fúng-gus nat
- Mosquito-like insect whose larvae feed on fungi or decaying vegetation
"Fungus gnats infested the overwatered houseplants"
- Minute blackish gregarious flies destructive to mushrooms and seedlings
"Fungus gnats damaged the young plants";
- sciara, sciarid
Derived forms: fungus gnats
Type of: dipteran, dipteron, dipterous insect, two-winged insects
Part of: family Mycetophylidae, genus Sciara, Mycetophilidae
Encyclopedia: Fungus gnat