-mycetes
Word Origin
1
a combining form meaning “mushrooms, fungi,” used in the formation of taxonomic names of fungi, especially classes:
Myxomycetes.
Origin
< New Latin < Greek mykétes, plural of mýkēs mushroom + -ism
Related Word
- blastomycete
-mycetesa word element meaning 'fungus', as in myxomycetes.
[combining form representing plural of Greek mykēs fungus]-my·ce·tes
\ˌmīˈsēd.ēz, -ētēz\ noun plural combining form
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek mykētes, plural of mykēt-, mykēs fungus, mushroom — more at myc-
: fungi — chiefly in names of classes and subclasses
< Ascomycetes >
< Schizomycetes >
< Ascomycetes >
< Schizomycetes >