mycology
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- noun
- /maɪˈkɒlədʒi/
- Specialized
:
micología
- The lichen-forming fungi represent nearly one-fifth of all known species of fungi (Hawksworth et al. 1995), yet they are rarely given adequate attention in mycology.
- mycology laboratory
- mycology and botany
- Systematic mycology
Examples
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Dr. Nucci is an associate professor in the Department of Internal Medicine and head of the Mycology Laboratory of the University Hospital, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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For your safety and the safety of those actually interested in mycology.
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Are there any, any particular books that have greatly influenced you with respect to mushrooms, mycology, fungi, nature?
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Dr. Chowdhary is an associate professor and head of the Department of Medical Mycology at Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute, University of Delhi.
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Her research interest areas are clinical mycology, antifungal resistance, and ecology of pathogenic fungi.
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But in treating them solely as a community-level ecological phenomenon, we overlook their organismal-level features and their significance in mycology and botany.
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The conference on mycology will discuss the latest research in fungal diseases and their treatment.
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She is pursuing a degree in mycology to better understand the ecological role of fungi in our environment.
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His passion for mycology led him to discover several new species of mushrooms in the forest.
Surface Forms
Morphology
mycology = myco + logy
The '-logy' element clearly signals 'study of', but the combining form 'myco-' is specialized and not obvious to most learners.
Etymology
Mycology comes from the Greek parts mykes 'mushroom' and -logy 'study'. So mycology is the study of mushrooms and other fungi.