Definition of Mycologist

1. Noun. A botanist who specializes in the study of fungi.

Generic synonyms: Botanist, Phytologist, Plant Scientist
Derivative terms: Mycology

Definition of Mycologist

1. n. One who is versed in, or who studies, mycology.

Definition of Mycologist

1. Noun. A person who studies, professes or practices mycology. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mycologist

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Mycologist

1. One who is versed in, or who studies, mycology. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mycologist

mycofloras
mycogastritis
mycoherbicidal
mycoherbicide
mycoherbicides
mycoheterotrophic
mycoheterotrophy
mycolic
mycolic acid
mycolic acids
mycologic
mycological
mycological typing techniques
mycologically
mycologies
mycologist (current term)
mycologists
mycology
mycomelic
mycomelic acid
mycomycin
mycomyringitis
mycoparasite
mycoparasitic
mycopeptone
mycopesticide
mycophage
mycophagies
mycophagist
mycophagists

Literary usage of Mycologist

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Biographical Index of British and Irish Botanists by James Britten, George Simonds Boulger (1893)
"mycologist. Herbarium in Mus. Brit. Pritz. 42 ; Journ. Bot. 1887, 148 ; ESC i. 655, vu. 274, ix. 366 ; Proc. Linn. Soc. 1886-7, 34. ..."

2. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1907)
"In the collection of material, essentially the same methods must be employed as the mycologist uses, but the pathologist must go even farther, ..."

3. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.), Wild Flower Preservation Society of America (1907)
"In the collection of material, essentially the same methods must be employed as the mycologist uses, hut the pathologist must go even farther, ..."

4. Botanical Abstracts by Board of Control of Botanical Abstracts (1920)
"Worthington G. Smith as mycologist. Trans. British Mycol. Soc. 6: 65-67. 1918. ... For six years preceding his death, he was mycologist in South Nigeria, ..."

5. A Text-book of Mycology and Plant Pathology by John William Harshberger (1917)
"This broad definition compels the mycologist to study the slime moulds, ... With this clearly in view, the mycologist finds that he has to deal with three ..."

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