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mycophagist

[ mahy-kof-uh-jist ]
/ maɪˈkɒf ə dʒɪst /
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noun
a fungus-eating organism.
an epicure whose interest is mushrooms.
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Origin of mycophagist

1860–65; myco- + -phage or -phag(y) + -ist
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