mycetophagyn.
/ˌmʌɪsᵻˈtɒfədʒi/, U.S. /ˌmaɪsəˈtɑfədʒi/ Ecology.
= mycophagy n. 2.
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1928 W. M. Wheeler Social Insects vi. 160 The later more elaborate developments or accumulations (polymorphism, trophallaxis, mycetophagy, etc.) were probaby acquired very naturally as the result of more complicated interactions among the individual termites.
1966 Science 8 July 195/2 Eventually some beetles abandoned the eating of bark and wood, became wholly adapted to mycetophagy, and developed mutualism with ambrosia fungi.
1995 Michigan Academician 27 153 (title) Patterns of mycetophagy in Michigan ambrosia beetles.
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