mycophobic

English

Etymology

From myco- +‎ -phobic.

Adjective

mycophobic (comparative more mycophobic, superlative most mycophobic)

  1. Having or relating to an aversion to mushrooms or fungi.
    Antonyms: fungiphilic, mycophilic
    • 2002, Georges M. Halpern, Andrew P. Miller, Medicinal Mushrooms‎[1], page 10:
      Not all European countries are as mycophobic as the English. In Italy, Poland, and much of Eastern Europe and Russia, mushrooms are an important part of the diet [...]
    • 2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life, page 231:
      Mycophobic attitudes might fuel a moral panic that leads to their illegalisation, or prompt Albertus Magnus and John Gerard to issue stark warnings about the dangers of these 'new fangled meates'.
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