victoriousvocabulary:

MYCOLOGY

[noun]

a branch of biology concerned with the study of fungi, including their genetic and biochemical properties, their taxonomy and their use to humans as a source for tinder, medicinals (e.g.: penicillin), food (e.g.: beer, wine, cheese, edible mushrooms) and entheogens, as well as their dangers, such as poisoning and infection.

Etymology: from Greek mukēs, “fungus, mushroom” + lógos, “account, explanation, narrative”.