Mycoremediator
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Any fungus used for mycoremediation.
"Till date fungi belonging to some major genera viz., Acremonium, Agrocybe, Alternaria, Aspergillus, Bjerkandera, Boletus, Candida, Cephalosporium, Cladosporium, Cordyceps, Doratomyces, Fusarium, Ganodrma, Geotrichum, Gliocladium, Hypholoma, Lecanicillium, Lentinus, Morierella, Mucor, Paecilomyces, Penicillium, Phanerochaete, Phlebia, Phoma, Pleurotus, Polyporus, Rhizopus, Thodotolura, Saccharomyces, Streptomyces, Talaromyces, Torulopsis, Trametes, and Trichoderma have been tested and employed for mycoremediation and Phanerochaete chrysosporium has been reported as the most capable model mycoremediator. '"
- 2 A person or company engaged in mycoremediation.
"Q: What tips would you have for the grassroots mycoremediator?"
Example
More examples"Till date fungi belonging to some major genera viz., Acremonium, Agrocybe, Alternaria, Aspergillus, Bjerkandera, Boletus, Candida, Cephalosporium, Cladosporium, Cordyceps, Doratomyces, Fusarium, Ganodrma, Geotrichum, Gliocladium, Hypholoma, Lecanicillium, Lentinus, Morierella, Mucor, Paecilomyces, Penicillium, Phanerochaete, Phlebia, Phoma, Pleurotus, Polyporus, Rhizopus, Thodotolura, Saccharomyces, Streptomyces, Talaromyces, Torulopsis, Trametes, and Trichoderma have been tested and employed for mycoremediation and Phanerochaete chrysosporium has been reported as the most capable model mycoremediator. '"
Etymology
By surface analysis, myco- + remediator, or, by surface analysis, mycoremediate + -or.
More for "mycoremediator"
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.