mycology

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If the interest in mycology is deeper, further information may be obtained from the recommended specialized literature and also from a professional mycologist who will supply the fundamental framework of knowledge, which is the prerequisite for such a study.

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  1. noun The branch of botany that deals with fungi.
  2. noun The fungi native to a region.
  3. noun The composition or characteristics of a particular fungus: the mycology of rusts and mildews.

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  • Shu Chun Teng traveled halfway around the world on a scholarship to study mycology at Cornell University in 1923. —  Philly.com - Latest Videos
  • He returned to teaching after the war, restored a national mycology laboratory and published a 1963 book that remains an indispensable source of information on his country's fungi in the first half of the 20th century. —  Philly.com - Latest Videos
  • Rosaline Deng, worked with a Cornell professor of mycology, Richard Korf, to complete and publish "The Fungi of China" in 1996. —  Philly.com - Latest Videos
  • His daughter, Rosaline Deng, worked with a Cornell professor of mycology, Richard Korf, to complete and publish "The Fungi of China" in 1996.
  • Fries was a pioneer in the field of mycology, the study of fungi.
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  1. = French mycologie; from Greek μν/κης, a fungus, + -λογία, from γέγειν, speak: see -ology.
 

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/maɪˈkɑlədʒi/
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