fimicolous

American

[fahy-mik-uh-luhs, fuh-] / faɪˈmɪk ə ləs, fə- /

adjective

Ecology.

of or relating to an organism that lives on or in animal excrement.

fimicolous British

/ fɪˈmɪkələs /

adjective

biology (esp of fungi) growing in or on dung

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Etymology

Origin of fimicolous

1870–75; < Latin fim ( um ) dung + -i- + -colous

Example Sentences

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If we take the number of species at sixty-four, there are only seven or eight which do not occur on dung, whilst fifty-six are fimicolous.

From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)

Amongst the Discomycetes, a limited number of the genus Peziza are fimicolous, but the allied genus Ascobolus, and its own immediate allies, include amongst its species a large majority that are found on dung.

From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)

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