Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The branch of biology that deals with fungi.
- noun The fungi found in a region, an organism, or a part of an organism.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The science of fungi, their structure, affinities, classification, etc. Also called
fungology and mycetology.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun That branch of botanical science which relates to the mushrooms and other fungi.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun the study of
fungi , in the wide sense.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the branch of botany that studies fungi and fungus-caused diseases
Etymologies
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Examples
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Brennan Wenck is a graduate student in biology at San Francisco State University, specializing in mycology.
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Tom Volk, "the rock star of mycology . . . heavily tattooed, with earplugs and blue bangs," and is riveted by his lectures on how visible mushrooms are only the fruiting bodies of vast mycorrizal "root systems," crucial components of subterranean ecology.
What's Magic About Mushrooms Richard Mabey 2011
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Brennan Wenck is a graduate student in biology at San Francisco State University, specializing in mycology.
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"Mushrooms frighten lots of people," says Lynne Boddy, professor of mycology at the University of Cardiff and president of the British Mycological Society.
Foraging in the New Forest Bruce Palling 2010
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Brennan Wenck is a graduate student in biology at San Francisco State University, specializing in mycology.
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Bennett, S.C. Morphological evolution of the wing of pterosaurs: mycology and function. p127-141.
Flugsaurier: Pterosaur papers in honour of Peter Wellnhofer ReBecca Foster 2009
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Her specialist area was mycology and plant pathology – very important in Australia.
Even in a little thing gillpolack 2009
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Her specialist area was mycology and plant pathology – very important in Australia.
gillpolack: Celebrating women in science gillpolack 2009
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Miller: At the moment, I'm on lots of mycology sites on the Internet, trying to decide.
Heard By a Bird in Phonecia, New York Sparrow 2009
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Bennett, S.C. Morphological evolution of the wing of pterosaurs: mycology and function. p127-141.
Archive 2009-01-01 ReBecca Foster 2009
trivet commented on the word mycology
The study of fungi.
March 6, 2007