"fungiphile" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fungiphiles [plural]
Etymology: From fungi- + -phile. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|fungi|phile}} fungi- + -phile Head templates: {{en-noun}} fungiphile (plural fungiphiles)
  1. A person who likes to collect, cook or eat wild mushrooms. Synonyms: mycophile Related terms (affinities by either people or symbionts): phytophile, endophyte
    Sense id: en-fungiphile-en-noun-1iCWiDCQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English hybridisms, English terms prefixed with fungi-, English terms suffixed with -phile, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 29 Disambiguation of English hybridisms: 78 22 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with fungi-: 55 45 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -phile: 75 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 77 23 Disambiguation of 'affinities by either people or symbionts': 69 31
  2. Any organism (typically a bacterium) that selectively inhabits a fungus.
    Sense id: en-fungiphile-en-noun-R4v8yFZE Categories (other): English terms prefixed with fungi- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with fungi-: 55 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fungophile [nonstandard] Related terms: fungiphilic, mycophilia, mycophilic, photobiont, phycobiont

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Alternative forms

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