mycophilic
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]mycophilic (comparative more mycophilic, superlative most mycophilic)
- Having or relating to mycophilia, the love of mushrooms or fungi.
- Synonym: fungiphilic
- Antonym: mycophobic
- 2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life, page 231:
- Mycophilic cultures were descendants of those who had worshipped mushrooms.
- (mycology, of fungi) Commonly found in an interspecific relationship with another fungus.