fimicolous

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /fɪˈmɪkələs/

Adjective

fimicolous (not comparable)

1. Inhabiting dung.

   Synonym: coprophilous

   • 1874, Mordecai Cubitt Cooke, Fungi: Their Nature, Influence, and Uses, 1st edition, published 1875, page 245:

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

   • 1996, C.-H. Chung, 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).

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.”