mycophagistn.

1861 H. Macmillan Footnotes from Nature 262 The dung and fly Agaric, whose loathsome and poisonous properties are such as to deter the most devoted mycophagist from their use.

1885 Science 25 Sept. 278/1 Agaricus procerus..would not strictly be called edible, except by an enthusiastic mycophagist.

1901 Nation 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.

1959 Proc. Linn. Soc. 170 133 The unfortunate experience..prompted Swanton to write letters to many newspapers indicating the grave risks taken by amateur mycophagists when gathering mushrooms.

1990 Nat. World Spring–Summer 33 (advt.) The gap between the professional mycologist and the amateur forayer and mycophagist.

1891 Grevillea 19 54 (heading) Animal mycophagists.

1919 Trans. Brit. Mycol. Soc. 6 355 (title) The red squirrel of North America as a mycophagist.

1944 Amer. Midland Naturalist 31 239 It is evident that deer also eat this species of Boletus... In collecting this species it is usually a race between the collector and its mammalian mycophagists.

1951 Ecology 32 741/2 Insects, slugs and other mycophagists.

1995 Ecol. Applic. 5 656/2 The Douglas' squirrel may be at a competitive disadvantage faced with both a nocturnal mycophagist (the flying squirrel) and a diurnal seed and fungal specialist (Townsend's chipmunk).