Sentence examples for decayed matter from inspiring English sources

Oomycetic fungi may occur as saprophytes (living on decayed matter) or as parasites living on higher plants.

She passes the site of the collapse – the rubble scraped away, a trough of filthy water, scattered bolts of filthy cloth, a stench of decayed matter – every day.

Diamonds that originated deep within Earth may have formed from the remains of fish or decayed matter on the ocean floor, according to a new study.

Wastes generated from agricultural sector are many, they constitute nuisance to the immediate environment where they are found, agricultural wastes are usually in large quantity, some of these wastes are known for their offensive odor, their decayed matter have the ability to alter soil pH.

So they accumulate, layer by layer, season by season, compressing into a dense, black carbon-rich mud of partly decayed matter that sinks below the shallow water table and is preserved there in an anaerobic state.

And organic detritus such as decayed plant matter - known to scientists as colour dissolved organic matter - can also complicate the picture, by adding greens, yellows or browns.

"That's a lot of decayed organic matter.

Lugworms feed on decayed organic matter and ingest sand along with the food particles.

We also expose soil that vents carbon from decayed plant matter into the atmosphere.

Organic soils are mostly composed of decayed plant matter and weathered rock material.

The terrain of Islay is sodden with peat and Ardbeg tastes of this richly decayed vegetable matter.