mycologist

M3Y4C3O1L1O1G2I1S1T1
/maɪˈkɒlədʒɪst/

noun

A person who studies, professes or practices mycology.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

nounmycologist (plural mycologists)

plural mycologists

  1. A person who studies, professes or practices mycology.

    ‘Iʼm not a mycologist but I believe you only get this formation when the fungus is forming reproductive organs.’

    2019, Ben Aaronovitch, The October Man, Gollancz, pages 15–16

Origin

Translations

Bulgarian миколог
  • миколог (mikolog)a person who studies, professes or practices mycology
Catalan micòleg
  • micòlega person who studies, professes or practices mycology
Czech mykolog
  • mykologa person who studies, professes or practices mycology
Danish mykolog
  • mykologa person who studies, professes or practices mycology
Dutch mycoloog
  • mycolooga person who studies, professes or practices mycology
Finnish mykologi, sienitieteilijä
  • mykologia person who studies, professes or practices mycology
  • sienitieteilijäa person who studies, professes or practices mycology
French mycologiste
  • mycologistea person who studies, professes or practices mycology
German Mykologe, Mykologin
  • Mykologea person who studies, professes or practices mycology
  • Mykologina person who studies, professes or practices mycology
  • Pilzkundlera person who studies, professes or practices mycology
  • Pilzkundlerina person who studies, professes or practices mycology
Hungarian mikológus
  • mikológusa person who studies, professes or practices mycology
Italian micologista
  • micologistaa person who studies, professes or practices mycology
Latin mycologus
  • mycologusa person who studies, professes or practices mycology
Norwegian Bokmål mykolog
  • mykologa person who studies, professes or practices mycology
Romanian micolog, micologă
  • micologa person who studies, professes or practices mycology
  • micologăa person who studies, professes or practices mycology
Russian мико́лог
  • мико́лог (mikólog)a person who studies, professes or practices mycology
Slovak mykológ, mykologička
  • mykológa person who studies, professes or practices mycology
  • mykologičkaa person who studies, professes or practices mycology
Spanish micólogo
  • micólogoa person who studies, professes or practices mycology
Swedish mykolog
  • mykologa person who studies, professes or practices mycology
Ukrainian міко́лог, грибозна́вець
  • міко́лог (mikóloh)a person who studies, professes or practices mycology
  • грибозна́вець (hryboznávecʹ)a person who studies, professes or practices mycology

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

mycologist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mycologist

MLA

“mycologist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mycologist. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mycologist,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mycologist.

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