mycophobic

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From myco- +‎ -phobic.

Adjective[edit]

mycophobic (comparative more mycophobic, superlative most mycophobic)

  1. Having or relating to an aversion to mushrooms or fungi.
    • 2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life, page 231:
      Mycophobic attitudes might fuel a moral panic that leads to their illegalisation, or prompt Albertus Magnus and John Gerard to issue stark warnings about the dangers of these 'new fangled meates'.

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