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mycophagy|maɪˈkɒfədʒɪ|
[See myco- and -phagy.]
The eating of fungi; esp. of those species usually neglected or avoided. Hence myˈcophagist, one who practises mycophagy; also, an animal that eats fungi; myˈcophagous a. = mycetophagous adj. (s.v. myceto-).
1861H. Macmillan Footn. Page Nat. 262 The dung and fly Agaric, whose loathsome and poisonous properties are such as to deter the most devoted mycophagist from their use. 1865Reader 30 Sept. 368/2 Mycophagy, a grand name for what West of England boys call eating ‘twoad's meeyat’. 1901Nation 11 Apr. 295/3 ‘The Mushroom Book’ introduces the beginner..to the most important edible and poisonous forms, placing him quickly in possession of the facts most important to the successful mycophagist. 1919Trans. Brit. Mycol. Soc. VI. 355 (title) The red squirrel of North America as a mycophagist. 1922Ibid. VIII. 84 (title) Some observations on the mycophagous propensities of slugs. 1939Bull. Torrey Bot. Club LXVI. 1 (title) The Snail Polygyra thyroidus as a mycophagist. Ibid. 5 P. thyroidus is decidedly mycophagous in regard to its food preferences. 1950A. P. Kelley Mycotrophy in Plants xi. 151 As Frank continued to study mycorrhizae, he saw digestion of the mycelium and was led to develop another idea which may be termed ‘mycophagy’. According to this concept, the ‘fungus-eating plants’ are able to draw their victim into the protoplasm,..and finally to digest it. |