ethnomycologyn.
/ˌɛθnəʊmʌɪˈkɒlədʒi/, U.S. /ˌɛθnoʊmaɪˈkɑlədʒi/ The traditional knowledge and customs of a people concerning fungi; the scientific study or description of this.
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1956 Sci. Monthly Nov. 237/2 A monograph on ethnomycology by the Wassons is now in preparation.
1978 Nature 1 June 374/2 Although the ethnomycology of the native peoples of New Guinea is poorly documented it is known that throughout the island various fungi are gathered for food.
2004 Econ. Bot. 58 224/1 We expect that more medicinal species may be discovered if research on Hotï ethnomycology is expanded.
Derivatives
ˌethnomycoˈlogical adj. as regards ethnomycology; in terms of ethnomycology.
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1957 G. R. Wasson in New Yorker 18 May 26/3 The people of Europe and Asia are divided into these two ethnomycological groups—mycophobe and mycophile.
1971 McGraw-Hill Yearbk. Sci. & Technol. 357 Recent ethnomycological investigations have indicated the probability that soma..was A. muscaria.
2004 Econ. Bot. 58 487/1 The ethnomycological component of this book represents a unique and significant contribution.
ˌethnomyˈcologist n. an expert in or student of ethnomycology.
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1957 V. P. Wasson & R. G. Wasson Mushrooms Russia & Hist. II. xiv. 257 For us as mycophiles and ethno-mycologists it was a stirring event to see our Mazatec curandero reverently raise the mushrooms from the cloth.
1970 New Yorker 25 Apr. 130 A Mexican hallucinogenic-mushroom cult..was discovered..by the Yankee ethnomycologist R. Gordon Wasson.
2004 Econ. Bot. 58 324/1 Of interest to the ethnomycologist are discussions of major commercial fungi.
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