Mycophile

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A person who likes hunting for, cooking or eating mushrooms and other edible fungi.

    "Mycophobe or closet mycophile? It isn't always easy to tell the difference."

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;fungiphilefungophile

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"Mycophobe or closet mycophile? It isn't always easy to tell the difference."

Etymology

From myco- + -phile.

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