Other Words from mycology

mycological \ ˌmī-kə-ˈlä-ji-kəl

\ adjective

mycologically \ ˌmī-kə-ˈlä-ji-k(ə-)lē

\ adverb

mycologist \ mī-ˈkä-lə-jist

\ noun

Examples of mycology in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web 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 There are other resources available locally, like the mycology department at the UW currently under the leadership of Dr. Joe Ammirati. — Seattle Times Staff, The Seattle Times, 31 May 2019 See More

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History and Etymology for mycology

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).

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