Definition of Mycology

1. Noun. The branch of botany that studies fungi and fungus-caused diseases.

Generic synonyms: Botany, Phytology
Derivative terms: Mycologist

Definition of Mycology

1. n. That branch of botanical science which relates to the mushrooms and other fungi.

Definition of Mycology

1. Noun. the study of fungi, in the wide sense. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mycology

1. the branch of botany dealing with fungi [n -GIES]

Medical Definition of Mycology

1. The scientific study of fungi. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mycology

mycoherbicidal
mycoherbicide
mycoherbicides
mycoheterotrophic
mycoheterotrophy
mycolic
mycolic acid
mycolic acids
mycologic
mycological
mycological typing techniques
mycologically
mycologies
mycologist
mycologists
mycology (current term)
mycomelic
mycomelic acid
mycomycin
mycomyringitis
mycoparasite
mycoparasitic
mycopeptone
mycopesticide
mycophage
mycophagies
mycophagist
mycophagists
mycophagous
mycophagy

Literary usage of Mycology

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Leather Industries Laboratory Book of Analytical and Experimental Methods by Henry Richardson Procter (1908)
"BACTERIOLOGY AND mycology. FROM what has been said upon bates, drenches and liquors, ... Technical mycology.' Griffin. London. Slater and Spitta. ..."

2. Classified Guide to Technical and Commercial Books: A Subject-list of the by Edgar Greenwood (1904)
"Fermentations, mycology. BRITISH FUNGUS FLORA. Textbook of mycology, by G. Masse. 4 vols. Post 8vo. Illus. Vol. I. 432 pp. 1892. Vol. II. 448 pp. 1893. Vol. ..."

3. Moulds, Mildews, and Mushrooms: A Guide to the Systematic Study of the Fungi by Lucien Marcus Underwood (1899)
"... X THE STUDY OF mycology IN GENERAL AND ITS STUDY IN AMERICA IN PARTICULAR While several forms of fungi were known to the ancients and some of them were ..."

4. Classified Guide to Technical and Commercial Books: A Subject-list of the by Edgar Greenwood (1904)
"Fermentations, mycology. BRITISH FUNGUS FLORA. Textbook of mycology, by G. Masse. 4 vols. Post 8vo. Illus. Vol. I. 432 pp. 1892. Vol. II. 448 pp. 1893. Vol. ..."

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