mycoremediation

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noun

The use of fungi to degrade or sequester contaminants in the environment.

Scrabble 25

Meanings

nounmycoremediation (usually uncountable, plural mycoremediations)

plural mycoremediations

  1. uncountableusuallyThe use of fungi to degrade or sequester contaminants in the environment.

Origin

From myco- + remediation, coined by Paul Stamets; also, by surface analysis, mycoremediate + -ion.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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