mycetolˈogy noun

Mycology

mycetōˈma noun

Madura foot, a disease of foot and leg in India, caused by a fungus

Mycetozōˈa plural noun

The Myxomycetes or slime-fungi (when classed as animals)

mycetozōˈan noun and adjective

mycobactēˈrium noun (pl mycobactēˈria)

Any of several Gram-positive parasitic or saprophytic bacteria, eg those causing leprosy and tuberculosis

mycodomatium /-dō-māˈshyəm or -shi-əm/ noun (pl mycodomāˈtia)

(Gr domation a chamber) a fungus-gall

mycologic /mī-kə-lojˈik/ or mycologˈical adjective

mycologist /-kolˈ/ noun

mycolˈogy noun

The study of fungi

mycophagist /mī-kofˈə-jist/ noun

(Gr phagein to eat) a toadstool-eater

mycophˈagy noun

mycoplasma /-plazˈmə/ noun (pl mycoplasˈmas or mycoplasˈmata)

A member of the Mycoplasma, a genus of pathogenic agents, the smallest free-living organisms known, including Mycoplasma pneumoniae which causes atypical pneumonia

mycorrhiza or mycorhiza /mī-kō-rīˈzə/ noun (pl mycorrhīˈzae or mycorhīˈzae /-zē/)

(Gr rhiza root) a fungal mycelium investing or penetrating the underground parts of a higher plant and supplying it with material from humus instead of root hairs

mycorrhīˈzal or mycorhīˈzal adjective

mycosis /-kōˈsis/ noun (pl mycōˈses /-sēz/)

A disease due to growth of a fungus

mycotic /-kotˈik/ adjective

mycotoxicosis /-tok-si-kōˈsis/ noun

Poisoning caused by a mycotoxin

mycotoxin /-tokˈsin/ noun

Any poisonous substance produced by a fungus

mycotrophic /-trofˈik/ adjective

(Gr trophē food) (of a plant) living in symbiosis with a fungus