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mycoremediate en · VERB

Etymology

Probably a back-formation from mycoremediation; by surface analysis, myco- + remediate.

Meanings

1. To use fungi to degrade or sequester environmental contaminants.
   • Due to the fungi's ability to deactivate and mycoremediate toxins, the environment is not affected negatively. 2020, Judith Karen Fenley, Oberon Zell, Death Rights and Rites: A Practical Guide to a Meaningful Death:
   • When choosing mushroom species to mycoremediate a toxic site, select species that naturally grow in that landscape. 2011, Paul Stamets, Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World, page 112:
   • The findings of that work could help mycoremediate the oil sands tailings in the Fort McMurray area of northern Alberta. 2012, Robert Rogers, The Fungal Pharmacy, page 6:

Forms

Coordinates

phytoremediate

Hypernyms

remediate · bioremediate

Relateds

mycoremediator · mycoremediation