fimicolous

fimicolous

English

Etymology

An adaptation of the Latin fimicolus (“dung-dwelling”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /fɪˈmɪkələs/

Adjective

fimicolous (not comparable)

1. Inhabiting dung.
   • 1874, Mordecai Cubitt Cooke, Fungi: Their Nature, Influence, and Uses (first edition, 1875), page 245:

     Only seven or eight […] do not occur on dung, whilst fifty-six are fimicolous.

   • 1996, C.-H. Chung and C.-H. Liu, “More Fimicolous Myxomycetes from Taiwan” in Taiwania XLI, pages 259–264, paper title
   • 2007, Francesco Doveri, Fungi Fimicoli Italici: A Guide to the Recognition of Basidiomycetes and Ascomycetes Living on Faecal Material, Associazione Micologica Bresadola, page 674:

     Since Ahmed & Cain (1972) one more fimicolous Sporormiella with 8-celled spores has been described (S. tomilinii).

   Synonym: coprophilous

Related terms

• fime
• fimetarious
• fimetic

 

Translations

inhabiting dung

Italian: fimicolo

References

• NED IV (F–G; 1st ed., 1900), § 1 (F), page 221/2, “Fimicolous, a.”
• OED (2nd ed., 1989), “fimicolous, a.”