fungivorous, a.
(fʌnˈdʒɪvərəs)
[f. L. fungi-, fungus + -vor-us devouring + -ous.]
Feeding on mushrooms or fungi.
| 1826 Kirby & Sp. Entomol. let. xlix. (1828) IV. 492 Among the phytiphagous insects the fungivorous ones form about a twentieth. 1849 Hardy in Proc. Berw. Nat. Club II. No. 7. 361 Other species whose larvæ are considered..to be either fungivorous or saprophagous. |