mycoflora

American

[mahy-koh-flawr-uh, -flohr-uh] / ˌmaɪ koʊˈflɔr ə, -ˈfloʊr ə /

noun

Ecology.

the fungi characteristic of a particular environment.

Etymology

Origin of mycoflora

First recorded in 1740–45; myco- + flora

Example Sentences

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Two years ago, when Bruns convened a meeting of the North American Mycoflora Project, an ambitious attempt to catalogue and map the distribution of species, he looked to Tulloss's garage.

From Scientific American

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