mycophagen.

Brit.

/ˈmʌɪkə(ʊ)feɪdʒ/, U.S.

/ˈmaɪkoʊˌfeɪdʒ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: myco- comb. form, -phage comb. form.

Etymology: < myco- comb. form + -phage comb. form. Compare French mycophage (noun) person who eats fungi (1903), (adjective; of insects) that eats fungi (1917 or earlier). Compare earlier mycophagist n., mycophagous adj. With sense 1b compare also earlier mycophagy n.

a. Ecology. An animal that feeds on fungi; a fungivorous or mycophagous animal; = mycophagist n. 2.

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the world > animals > by eating habits > [noun] > herbivore > that eats fungi

mycophagist1891

mycophage1940

1940 Q. Rev. Biol. 15 52/2 This fauna [within animal burrows] comprises parasites, commensals, riders of the hosts, saprophages on nesting material and food refuse, coprophages, mycophages, and predators, parasites and commensals on the saprophages, coprophages and mycophages.

1965 B. E. Freeman tr. A. Vandel Biospeleol. xix. 328 It is generally impossible to classify a cavernicole as a humiphage, xylophage, mycophage, coprophage, or necrophage.

1995 Bull. Ecol. Soc. Amer. 76 Suppl. ii. 35 The millipede, a generalized mycophage, has a significant impact on the reproductive output of the fungus.

b. = mycophagist n. 1.

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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating specific substances or food > [noun] > eating fungi > eater of fungi

mycophagist1861

mycophage1958

1958 Times Lit. Suppl. 19 Dec. 742/1 Why do the English and the Celts fear all but the cultivated mushroom, while Slavs and Italians are enthusiastic mycophages?

1971 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 98 283/2 For the mycophages there were bags of Coprinus atramentarius and an abundance of Armillaria mellea.

1992 New Scientist 8 Feb. 59/2 As a keen, self-taught mycophage, I found Barry Fox's article on the dangers of eating mushrooms very interesting.

2. Microbiology. A mycovirus.

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the world > life > biology > organism > micro-organism > virus > [noun] > types of

latent virus1750

influenza virus1880

poxvirus1891

filter-passer1906

mosaic virus1914

bacteriophage1921

herpes virus1925

Rous sarcoma virus1925

Rous virus1925

papillomavirus1935

poliovirus1939

Semliki Forest virus1944

actinophage1947

mycophage1947

mengovirus1949

tumour virus1950

Zika1952

mycobacteriophage1953

Sindbis virus1953

myxovirus1954

echovirus1955

RNA virus1955

adenovirus1956

SV1956

arborvirus1957

enterovirus1957

foamy virus1957

respiratory syncytial virus1957

polyoma1958

parainfluenza1959

reovirus1959

arbovirus1960

cytomegalovirus1960

TMV1960

vacuolating agent or virus1960

Coxsackie virus1961

rhinovirus1961

RSV1961

papovavirus1962

paramyxovirus1962

picornavirus1962

mycophage1963

parvovirus1965

rhabdovirus1966

Ross River virus1966

coronavirus1968

EBV1968

Epstein–Barr virus1968

leukovirus1968

CMV1969

arenovirus1970

oncornavirus1970

togavirus1970

alphavirus1971

calicivirus1971

Dane particle1971

flavivirus1971

flavovirus1971

maedi1971

orbivirus1971

mycovirus1972

visna-maedi virus1972

flu virus1973

maedi-visna virus1973

corona1974

orthopoxvirus1974

rotavirus1974

whitepox1974

retravirus1975

Ebola virus1976

morbillivirus1976

retrovirus1976

Ebola1977

lentivirus1979

reassortant1979

HTLV1980

morbilli1981

filovirus1982

LAV1983

CV1985

HIV1986

HIV virus1987

C-192020

Covid2020

Covid-192020

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1947 H. C. Reilly et al. in Jrnl. Bacteriol. 54 451 The term ‘bacteriophage’ is usually applied to the virus or phage of bacteria, and the term ‘mycophage’ to that of fungi.

1968 W. J. Kleinschmidt et al. in Nature 12 Oct. 168/1 We have previously cited evidence that the mould is the source of the virus and we suggest that the virus be termed a mycophage.

1972 Environmental Health Perspectives 2 23/2 The term mycophage..seems inappropriate since lysis of infected cells is not a prominent characteristic.

1976 European Jrnl. Immunol. 6 607 The immunological properties of a naturally-occurring double-stranded ribonucleic acid..obtained from a mycophage of Penicillium chrysogenum, have been studied.

1981 Biochemistry 20 2999 Each of the three similar but separable RNA segments of Penicillium chrysogenum mycophage is unique.

3. Microbiology. A mycobacteriophage. rare.

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