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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The typical genus of Mycetophilidæ, founded by Meigen in 1803. The larvæ live in fungi and decaying wood. The genus is large and wide-spread; over 100 species are European, and 20 are described from North America. Also Mycethophila, Mycetophyla.
- noun A genus of tenebrionine beetles, erected by Gyllenhal in 1810, and comprising a number of European and North American species, 14 of which inhabit the United States.
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= Tremella mycetophila = Pk. -- This plant is interesting from the fact that it is parasitic on a mushroom, _Collybia dryophila_.
Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. George Francis Atkinson 1886
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