-mycetes

a combining form meaning “mushrooms, fungi,” used in the formation of taxonomic names of fungi, especially classes: Myxomycetes.

Origin of -mycetes

<New Latin <Greek mykétes, plural of mýkēs mushroom + -ism

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The extensive class of the fungi (or mycetes) resembles a part of the bacteria in regard to metabolism.
The Wonders of Life | Ernst Haeckel
In Mycetes the mandible is very large, its ascending portions being specially developed.
The Vertebrate Skeleton | Sidney H. Reynolds
In Mycetes the basi-hyal is enormously large, forming a somewhat globular thin-walled capsule.
The Vertebrate Skeleton | Sidney H. Reynolds
Some are entirely black, others brownish-black, while the Mycetes ursinus is of a shiny yellow.
The Western World | W.H.G. Kingston
Ascomycetes is from two Greek words: ascos, a sack; mycetes, a fungus or mushroom.
The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise | M. E. Hard

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