Mycete
1.
a combining form meaning “mushroom, fungus,” taken as the singular of the plural taxonomic combining form -mycetes.
combining form
1.
indicating a fungus: ascomycete
mycete my·cete (mī’sēt’)
n.
A fungus.
-mycete suff.
Fungus: actinomycete.
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