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mycology

noun

my·​col·​o·​gy mī-ˈkä-lə-jē How to pronounce mycology (audio)
1
: a branch of biology dealing with fungi
2
: fungal life
mycological adjective
mycologically adverb
mycologist noun

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Yet even science came late to their study, and mycology remains a relatively underfunded backwater whose acolytes conduct their investigations in basement laboratories far from the gleaming halls of the more prominent disciplines. Richard Schiffman, Washington Post, 15 July 2022 After completing his Ph.D in mycology and plant physiology, Brock worked for a few years in the pharmaceutical industry, specializing in microbiology and molecular biology. David Bressan, Forbes, 28 Apr. 2021 After serving in the Navy’s electronics training program, Mr. Brock earned three degrees at Ohio State University: a bachelor’s in botany and a master’s and Ph.D. in mycology, the study of fungi. BostonGlobe.com, 23 Apr. 2021 In the 20th century, a new scientific understanding of fungi gave rise to a high-yield industry, but mycology and mushroom cultivation remained an obscure niche. Joanna Steinhardt, Wired, 12 Feb. 2021 For most of its history, mycology has been overlooked and understudied, relegated to the shadows of botany and microbiology. Joanna Steinhardt, Wired, 12 Feb. 2021 The sudden interest in at-home mycology, specifically, seems to have a particular resonance with our times. New York Times, 7 Feb. 2021 Lovett and his co-author, Matthew Kasson, an associate professor of plant pathology and mycology, first discovered the psychoactive compounds in cicadas infected with Massospora last year. Sophie Lewis, CBS News, 31 July 2020 At a medical mycology meeting here earlier this month, scientists presented promising phase II clinical data for rezafungin, a new member of an existing class called the echinocandins developed by Cidara Therapeutics in San Diego. Kai Kupferschmidt, Science | AAAS, 22 Oct. 2019 See More

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from New Latin mycologia, from myco- myco- + -logia -logy

Note: New Latin mycologia was popularized, if not introduced, in the title of a description of European fungi by the South African-born mycologist Christiaan Hendrik Persoon (Mycologia Europaea, Erlangen, 1822-28).

First Known Use

1836, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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