-mycete
a combining form meaning “mushroom, fungus,” taken as the singular of the plural taxonomic combining form -mycetes.
-mycete
combining form
indicating a fungus ascomycete
word origin
from new latin -mycetes, from greek mukētes, plural of mukēs fungus
-mycete suff.
fungus: actinomycete.
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