Definition of pabulum : The means of nutriment to animals or
plants; food; nourishment; hence, that which feeds or sustains,
as fuel for a fire; that upon which the mind or soul is
nourished; as, intellectual pabulum. victual, chow, aliment,
eats, eatable, pap, provender, nutriment, diet, regimen,
victuals, provisions, viands, comestible, meat, grub,
sustenance, food, care for, provision, nutrition, alimentation,
nurture, commissariat, feed, fare, ingestion, edible, foodstuff,
nourishment, forage, bread, fodder, esculent - Hence it is
demonstrated that a large number of the spores of fungi are
constantly present in the atmosphere, which is confirmed by the
fact that whenever a suitable pabulum is exposed it is taken
possession of by floating spores, and soon converted into a
forest of fungoid vegetation. - "Fungi: Their Nature and Uses",
Mordecai Cubitt Cooke. - From the above it will be concluded
that the habitats of fungi are exceedingly variable, that they
may be regarded as almost universal wherever decay