-mycete

American  

1. a combining form meaning “mushroom, fungus,” taken as the singular of the plural taxonomic combining form -mycetes.

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-mycete British  

combining form

1. indicating a fungus

   ascomycete

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Usage

What does -mycete mean? The combining form -mycete is used like a suffix meaning “mushroom, fungus.” It is occasionally used in the scientific names for classes of fungi in taxonomy.The form -mycete comes from Greek mykétes, the plural of mykēs, meaning “mushroom.” Other combining forms meaning "fungus" that come from this same Greek root are myco- and myc-.What are variants of -mycete?The form -mycete is the singular form of -mycetes, as in Zygomycetes. A similar combining form used like a prefix is myceto-. Want to learn more? Check out our Words That Use entries for both -mycetes and myceto-.

Etymology

Origin of -mycete

from New Latin -mycetes, from Greek mukētes, plural of mukēs fungus