Example Sentences

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While the fatalities have occurred along the Central Coast and in Northern California, the phenomenon has prompted concerns and discussions among mycological societies and amateur foragers across the Golden State.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 8, 2026

While this mycological Nepal adventure peaks at Everest Base Camp, the real action takes place in the forests on its lower slopes on the way up.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025

Another post teaches a mycological lesson, pairing mushrooms with astrological signs: Scorpios are reishi mushrooms, because they are “secretly a softy” — a nod to the polypore mushroom’s porous underside.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 30, 2023

"A little tip: some of the best mushroom cookbooks are out there were put together by mycological societies and can be purchased on their websites!"

From Salon • Jan. 9, 2022

He has displayed the same skill in water-colour in that astonishing iconography, in which he has detailed, with marvellous accuracy, all the peculiarities of the mycological flora of the olive-growing districts.

From Fabre, Poet of Science by Miall, Bernard