The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word YEAST which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 1968.
Useful fungus crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters | 
|---|---|---|
| YEAST | 100 % | 5 | 
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Useful fungus
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- mushroom
 - yeast
 - plus
 - punk
 - period
 - prognostic
 - prospect
 - prospecting
 - autoecious
 - conk
 - mycosis
 - penicillium
 
Crossword Answer definitions
YEAST noun- An often humid, yellowish froth produced by fermenting malt worts, and used to brew beer, leaven bread, and also used in certain medicines.
 - A single-celled fungus of a wide variety of taxonomic families.
 - A frothy foam.
 
- To ferment.
 - (of something prepared with a yeasted dough) To rise.
 - To exaggerate
 
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