fimicolous
English
Etymology
An adaptation of the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin fimicolus (“dung-dwelling”).
Pronunciation
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Adjective
fimicolous (not comparable)
- Inhabiting dung.
- 1874, Mordecai Cubitt Cooke, Fungi: Their Nature, Influence, and Uses (first edition, 1875), page 245:
- Only seven or eight […] do not occur on dung, whilst fifty-six are fimicolous.
- 1996, C.-H. Chung and C.-H. Liu, “More Fimicolous Myxomycetes from Taiwan” in Taiwania XLI, pages 259–264, paper title
- 2007, Francesco Doveri, Fungi Fimicoli Italici: A Guide to the Recognition of Basidiomycetes and Ascomycetes Living on Faecal Material, Associazione Micologica Bresadola, page 674:
- Since Ahmed & Cain (1972) one more fimicolous Sporormiella with 8-celled spores has been described (S. tomilinii).
- Synonym: coprophilous
- 1874, Mordecai Cubitt Cooke, Fungi: Their Nature, Influence, and Uses (first edition, 1875), page 245:
Related terms
Translations
inhabiting dung
References
- NED IV (F–G; 1st ed., 1900), § 1 (F), page 221/2, “Fimicolous, a.”
- OED (2nd ed., 1989), “fimicolous, a.”