Mycoremediate
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To use fungi to degrade or sequester environmental contaminants.
"When choosing mushroom species to mycoremediate a toxic site, select species that naturally grow in that landscape."
Example
More examples"When choosing mushroom species to mycoremediate a toxic site, select species that naturally grow in that landscape."
Etymology
Probably a back-formation from mycoremediation; by surface analysis, myco- + remediate.
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