Mycology encompasses biology but specifically focuses on fungi, separate from plants and animals.

Field Focus

Mycology includes molds, yeasts, and mushrooms; it's not limited to what's typically seen in forests.

Not Just Mushrooms

Mycology is used in academic or scientific contexts more often than in everyday conversation.

Academic Term

 because it's important for us to learn. So when we're looking at Indigenous education, it's a study of all these pieces, wild food, permaculture, native agriculture, seed saving, seasonal lifestyles, ethno-oceanography, hunting, fishing, whole animal butchery, mycology, salt, sugar and fat productions,