funginn.

1813 Tradesman May 392/2 Mr. Braconnot commences with the description of a particular modification of vegetable matter, not found hitherto in any other substances, but which abounds in most of the champignons. He gives it the name of fungine, and it has the following properties.

1819 J. G. Children Ess. Chem. Anal. 299 Fungin is to the fungi, what woody fibre is to trees.

1869 Eng. Mech. 17 Dec. 333/1 The nutritive part is in the fungin, and the poison in the acid or juices.

1908 Bot. Gaz. 45 272 The cell membrane consists chiefly of chitin, or an allied substance, fungin, true cellulose and true wood material never having been found in fungi.

2011 T. Kean & M. Thanou in P. A. Williams Renewable Resources Functional Polymers & Biomaterials x. 292 Chitin was originally termed fungine when discovered in mushrooms by Braconnot in 1811. Later, in 1823, when found in the elytrum of the cockchafer beetle by Odier, it was named chitin.

1815 Monthly Mag. May 290/1 All are agreed that the cherry is a most dangerous fruit... Its fluids seem to be difficultly digestible, and probably contain a principle analogous to albumen, or a peculiar one, as fungin, asparagin, &c.

1847 G. W. Johnson Cucumber & Gooseberry (Gardener's Monthly Vol.) 10 Fungin, the constituent which imparts a poisonous quality to some of the mushroom tribe.

1859 Times 13 Oct. 7/4 The appearance of the corpse was remarkable as indicative of the cause [of] death;..besides considerable frothy exudation from the mouth, which smelt strongly of fungine, advanced decomposition had taken place within 24 hours.

1882 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 25 Nov. 1034/2 The fungi were fine young healthy mushrooms, pink-gilled. Still the stomach was paralysed..; and it may be that fungin may be taken, in poisonous quantity, by partaking too largely of this agreeable esculent.