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fungivorous
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 spe...
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Rentoniidae
They have been found on flowers, under the bark of dead trees, and in leaf litter, and members are known to be pollenivorous or fungivorous.
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saprophagous
saprophagous, a. (sæˈprɒfəgəs) [f. mod.L. saprophag-us (f. Gr. σαπρός putrid + -ϕάγος eating) + -ous.] Living on decomposing matter.1819 Macleay Horæ Entomol. I. 27 Saprophagous insects or such as feed on putrid or decomposed vegetable matter. 1849 Hardy in Proc. Berw. Nat. Club II. No. 7. 361 Speci...
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Pyemotidae
Pyemotidae is a family of mostly parasitic mites that feed on the larvae and other developmental stages of various insects but some species are herbivorous or fungivorous
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Discolomatidae
They have generally been found associated with decaying vegetation or fungi, and are therefore assumed to be fungivorous.
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myceto-
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. -ϕ...
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Scardiinae
Scardiinae are fungivorous and are characterised by larval features and lack of gnathos.
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Eupodoidea
The superfamily includes fungivorous, phytophagous and predatory species. For example, Cocceupodidae and Eupodidae are fungivorous, Penthaleidae are phytophagous (and include some crop pests) and Rhagidiidae are fast-moving predators
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Tydeidae
These mites live in a wide range of habitats and there are predatory, fungivorous and scavenging species.
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Jurasaidae
They occur in the soil horizon immediately under leaf litter, with the larvae likely being fungivorous, consuming the fluids of fungal hyphae.
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Winterschmidtiidae
They are mostly detritivorous, though most Winterschmidtiinae are instead fungivorous and a few species are herbivorous.
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Brentidae
Description
Brentid larvae are fungivorous, eating fungi on dead wood.
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Pegomya geniculata
The insect is fungivorous, and uses the fruit bodies of several mushroom species to breed, such as Verpa bohemica.
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Uropodina
Most are predators of small invertebrates such as nematodes, while some may be fungivorous or herbivorous.
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Ganodermites
The fruit body of G. libycus has tunnels containing fecal pellets, suggesting that the fungus was visited by fungivorous arthropods.
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