- Minute fungus - Shape - Shape or pattern - Crumbling, soft, friable earth; esp., earth containing the
remains or constituents of organic matter, and suited to the growth of
plants; soil. - Earthy material; the matter of which anything is formed;
composing substance; material. - To cover with mold or soil. - A growth of minute fungi of various kinds, esp. those of the
great groups Hyphomycetes, and Physomycetes, forming on damp or
decaying organic matter.