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mycophagist
[mahy-kof-uh-jist]
noun
a fungus-eating organism.
an epicure whose interest is mushrooms.
Word History and Origins
Origin of mycophagist1
Example Sentences
With some of these the acridity is said to disappear in cooking, and a few mycophagists claim to have eaten all varieties with impunity.
Remembering this, mycophagists will take note that a fleshy fungus which may be good eating at noon may undergo such changes in a few hours as to be anything but good eating at night.
A Boston mycophagist records it as "very good," fried after five minutes' boiling in salted water.
Changed "mycophogists" to "mycophagists" on page 18 of part 1: "with most mycophagists."
The mycophagist will find them equally valuable from a gastronomic point of view.
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