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-mycetes

  1. a combining form meaning “mushrooms, fungi,” used in the formation of taxonomic names of fungi, especially classes:

    Myxomycetes.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of -mycetes1

< New Latin < Greek mykétes, plural of mýkēs mushroom + -ism
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Example Sentences

The extensive class of the fungi (or mycetes) resembles a part of the bacteria in regard to metabolism.

In Mycetes the mandible is very large, its ascending portions being specially developed.

In Mycetes the basi-hyal is enormously large, forming a somewhat globular thin-walled capsule.

Some are entirely black, others brownish-black, while the Mycetes ursinus is of a shiny yellow.

Ascomycetes is from two Greek words: ascos, a sack; mycetes, a fungus or mushroom.

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