mycology

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: my=col=o=gy

CIDE DICTIONARY

mycology, n. [Gr. my`khs fungus + -logy.].

 That branch of botanical science which relates to the mushrooms and other fungi.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

mycology, n.
1 the study of fungi.
2 the fungi of a particular region.

Derivative

mycological adj. mycologically adv. mycologist n.

Etymology

Gk mukes mushroom + -LOGY

THESAURUS

mycology

algology, aquiculture, botany, bryology, dendrology, fungology, hydroponics, paleobotany, phycology, physiological botany, phytobiology, phytochemistry, phytoecology, phytogeography, phytography, phytology, phytomorphology, phytonomy, phytopaleontology, phytopathology, phytotaxonomy, phytoteratology, phytotomy, phytotopography, plant anatomy, plant pathology, plant physiology, pomology, structural botany, systematic botany

ROGET THESAURUS

mycology

Organization

N organization, organized world, organized nature, living nature, animated nature, living beings, organic remains, fossils, protoplasm, cytoplasm, protein, albumen, structure, organization, organism, biology, natural history, organic chemistry, anatomy, physiology, zoology, botany, microbiology, virology, bacteriology, mycology, naturalist, archegenesis, antherozoid, bioplasm, biotaxy, chromosome, dysmeromorph, ecology, oecology, erythroblast, gametangium, gamete, germinal matter, invagination, isogamy, oogamy, karyaster, macrogamete, microgamete, metabolism, anabolism, catabolism, metaplasm, ontogeny, ovary, ovum, oxidation, phylogeny, polymorphism, protozoa, spermary, spermatozoon, trophoplasm, vacuole, vertebration, zoogloea, zygote, Darwinism, neo-Darwinism, Lamarkism, neoLamarkism, Weismannism, morphology, taxonomy, organic, organized, karyoplasmic, unsegmentic, vacuolar, zoogloeic, zoogloeoid.

Botany

N botany, physiological botany, structural botany, systematic botany, phytography, phytology, phytotomy, vegetable physiology, herborization, dendrology, mycology, fungology, algology, flora, romona, botanic garden, hortus siccus, herbarium, herbal, botanist, herbist, herbarist, herbalist, herborist, herbarian, botanical, botanic.