mycologist
/maɪˈkɑlədʒɪst/
noun
- A scientist who studies fungi (such as mushrooms, molds, and yeasts).
- The park hired a mycologist to survey the area for poisonous mushrooms after several hikers got sick.
- As a mycologist, Dr. Chen spends most of her time in the lab growing fungal cultures.
- The mycologist identified the rare truffle species from a single spore sample.