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mycology|maɪˈkɒlədʒɪ| [ad. mod.L. mycologia: see myco- and -logy.] That branch of botany which treats of fungi; also, the mycological features of a district or country.
1836M. J. Berkeley Fungi 7* The immense advances which have of late years been made in the study of Mycology. 1845Lindley Veget. Kingd. 37 The African Mycology is remarkable for the varied forms it produces amongst the puff-balls and allied genera. 1885G. S. Woodhead & A. W. Hare (title), Pathological Mycology. An Enquiry into the Etiology of Infective Diseases. Hence mycoˈlogic, -ˈlogical adjs., pertaining to or connected with mycology or the study of fungi; hence mycoˈlogically adv.; myˈcologist, one who studies or is versed in fungi.
1836M. J. Berkeley Fungi 7* That most excellent mycologist, Schweinitz. 1838Penny Cycl. XI. 19/2 The mycological system of Fries. 1846Worcester, Mycologic. 1875Cooke Fungi xiii. 269 The mycologic vegetation of a country. Ibid. 281 A great portion of this country is mycologically unknown. 1903Westm. Rev. 30 Nov. 2/1 The Director..is a botanist; the Assistant-Director..is a mycologist. 1933Jrnl. R. Hort. Soc. LVIII. ii. 266 Dr. Downson..resigned his appointment as mycologist to the Government of Tasmania. 1967M. E. Hale Biol. Lichens ii. 33 The definition of the term stroma, however, has not yet been settled even among mycologists. |