myceto-
(maɪˈsiːtəʊ, maɪsɪˈtɒ)
before a vowel mycet-, combining form of Gr. µύκης mushroom, used in various scientific terms: myˌcetogeˈnetic, myceˈtogenous adjs., produced by mushrooms. myceˈtology (see quots.). myceˈtophagous [-phagous] a. = fungivorous a. myceˈtophilid, -philoid a. and n. [Gr. -ϕίλος loving], belonging to, a member of, the family Mycetophilidæ or fungus midges. ‖ mycetoˈzoa, a group of fungoid organisms, consisting chiefly of the Myxomycetes; also mycetoˈzoan, ‖ -ˈzoon, a member of this group.
| 1887 tr. De Bary's Fungi, etc. 368 These phenomena of deformation by Fungi may be termed *mycetogenetic metamorphosis. |
| Ibid. 369 All these *mycetogenous deformations. |
| 1856 Mayne Expos. Lex., Mycetologia,..a treatise or dissertation on the mushrooms: *mycetology. 1879 Encycl. Brit. IX. 827/2 Mycetology, or more commonly mycology, the science of fungi. |
| 1906 J. B. Smith Explanation of Terms used in Entomology 86 *Mycetophagous: feeding upon fungi. 1920 Amer. Naturalist LIV. 314 Many of these mycetophagous insects undoubtedly show a very close association with certain species of fungi. 1946 C. T. Brues Insect Dietary v. 193 Mycetophagous insects..are abundant. 1957 Snell & Dick Gloss. Mycology 101/1 Mycetophagous. Fungivorous; eating fungi. 1974 Sci. Amer. Apr. 128/3 Mycetophagous Breeding in the Australian Dung Beetle, Onthophagus Dunningi, G. F. Bornemissza. |
| 1899 Sharp in Camb. Nat. Hist., Insects ii. 463 The larva of Mycetobia pallipes..gives rise..to an ordinary *Mycetophilid fly. |
| 1880 W. Saville-Kent Infusoria I. 41 The group of the Myxomycetes or *Mycetozoa. 1885 E. R. Lankester in Encycl. Brit. XIX. 832/1 It indeed seems not at all improbable that..the Mycetozoa represent more closely than any other living forms the original ancestors of the whole organic world. |
| 1881 T. Gill in Smithsonian Rep. 414 *Mycetozoans. 1888 Rolleston & Jackson Anim. Life 908 The spore of a Mycetozoan is a minute spherical or oval body. |
| 1885 E. R. Lankester in Encycl. Brit. XIX. 832/1 The naked protoplasm of the *Mycetozoon's plasmodium. |