What does "mycotoxin" mean?

Any substance, produced by a mold or fungus, that is injurious to vertebrates upon ingestion, inhalation or skin contact.

What is a synonym for "mycotoxin"?

Common synonyms include: foodborne toxin, fungal toxin, mold toxin, toxic fungal metabolite.

noun

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Noun

1
Any substance, produced by a mold or fungus, that is injurious to vertebrates upon ingestion, inhalation or skin contact.
"They damaged his nervous system with a wartime Russian mycotoxin."
2
a toxin produced by a fungus wordnet

"They damaged his nervous system with a wartime Russian mycotoxin."

From myco- + toxin.