{"id":50480,"date":"2020-10-16T06:59:45","date_gmt":"2020-10-16T06:59:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?p=50480"},"modified":"2023-09-29T05:19:57","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T05:19:57","slug":"mycology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/mycology\/","title":{"rendered":"Mycology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The science of studying fungal biology.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The study of fungi and fungus-caused diseases.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The branch of biology that studies fungi. Mycology in medicine is the specialized study of fungi that are involved in causing disease in humans. These fungi are microorganisms that can be divided into two basic groups \u2014 yeasts and molds. Yeasts are formed of solitary cells that reproduce by budding. Molds grow in a threadlike form. Among the infections caused by fungi are various hair, nail, and skin diseases, as well as eye infections, mycetoma, candidiasis, blastomycosis, aspergillosis, sporotrichosis, and rhinosporidioisis.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"group w-full text-token-text-primary border-b border-black\/10 gizmo:border-0 dark:border-gray-900\/50 gizmo:dark:border-0 bg-gray-50 gizmo:bg-transparent dark:bg-[#444654] gizmo:dark:bg-transparent sm:AIPRM__conversation__response\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-11\">\n<div class=\"p-4 justify-center text-base md:gap-6 md:py-6 m-auto\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-1 gap-4 text-base mx-auto md:gap-6 gizmo:gap-3 gizmo:md:px-5 gizmo:lg:px-1 gizmo:xl:px-5 md:max-w-2xl lg:max-w-[38rem] gizmo:md:max-w-3xl gizmo:lg:max-w-[40rem] gizmo:xl:max-w-[48rem] xl:max-w-3xl }\">\n<div class=\"relative flex w-[calc(100%-50px)] flex-col gap-1 gizmo:w-full md:gap-3 lg:w-[calc(100%-115px)] agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col gap-3 max-w-full\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] flex flex-col items-start gap-3 overflow-x-auto whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light AIPRM__conversation__response\">\n<p>The exploration of fungi and the illnesses they induce.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The science of studying fungal biology. The study of fungi and fungus-caused diseases. The branch of biology that studies fungi. Mycology in medicine is the specialized study of fungi that are involved in causing disease in humans. These fungi are microorganisms that can be divided into two basic groups \u2014 yeasts and molds. Yeasts are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-m"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Mycology - Definition of Mycology<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The science of studying fungal biology.The study of fungi and fungus-caused diseases.The branch of biology that studies fungi. 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