mycophilic

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From myco- +‎ -philic.

Adjective[edit]

mycophilic (comparative more mycophilic, superlative most mycophilic)

  1. Having or relating to mycophilia, the love of mushrooms or fungi.
    • 2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life, page 231:
      Mycophilic cultures were descendants of those who had worshipped mushrooms.
  2. (mycology, of fungi) Commonly found in an interspecific relationship with another fungus.

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