Of, consisting of, or resembling mould.

Of an animal: that preys on other animals; that subsists by the capture of living prey; predatory, raptorial. Also: (of a fungal parasite) that…

Of the nature of or resembling mould or mildew; white and cottony; (formerly) spec. †designating a fungus of the former family Mucedineae (obsolete).

= mucorine, adj.

Resembling, belonging or allied to, Ustilago.

Belonging to or characteristic of the family Mucoraceae, which includes Mucor.

Resembling (that of) a mucor.

Botany. Of the nature of a uredine; belonging to the Uredines.

= mucorine, adj. 1.

Belonging to the Mucorini, a former natural order of fungi roughly corresponding to the modern class Zygomycetes. Obsolete. rare.

Mycology. Of parasitic fungi (esp. rusts and smuts): inhabiting the same host throughout their life. Cf. heteroecious adj. at hetero-, comb._form…

applied to fungi which at different stages of development are parasitic on different plants; opposed to autoecious.

= heteroecious adj. at hetero-, comb._form affix.

= heteroecious adj. at hetero-, comb._form affix.

Pertaining or belonging to the uredines.

Of or pertaining to the Ustilagineæ (brand fungi).

Of the nature of or relating to a mycorrhiza; associated with mycorrhizas.

= mycorrhizal, adj.

Any member of the genus Rhynchosporium of ascomycete fungi, the members of which cause leaf blotch diseases in cereals and other grasses; esp. R. se…

= mucoraceous, adj.