fimicolous
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]An adaptation of the Latin fimicolus (“dung-dwelling”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]fimicolous (not comparable)
- Inhabiting dung.
- Synonym: coprophilous
- 1874, Mordecai Cubitt Cooke, Fungi: Their Nature, Influence, and Uses, 1st edition, published 1875, page 245:
- Only seven or eight […] do not occur on dung, whilst fifty-six are fimicolous.
- 1996, C.-H. Chung, C.-H. Liu, “More Fimicolous Myxomycetes from Taiwan”, in Taiwania, XLI, pages 259-264, paper title:
- 2007, Francesco Doveri, Fungi Fimicoli Italici: A Guide to the Recognition of Basidiomycetes and Ascomycetes Living on Faecal Material, Associazione Micologica Bresadola, page 674:
- Since Ahmed & Cain (1972) one more fimicolous Sporormiella with 8-celled spores has been described (S. tomilinii).
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]inhabiting dung
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References
[edit]- NED IV (F–G; 1st ed., 1900), § 1 (F), page 221/2, “Fimicolous, a.”
- OED (2nd ed., 1989), “fimicolous, a.”