[Ads-l] Antedating of "Mycology"

[Shapiro, Fred]

mycology (OED 1836)

1835 William Swainson _On the Natural History and Classification of Quadrupeds_ 42 (Google Books)

The umbellate _Medusa_, the _Echinus_, the _Asterias_, and the _Priapulus_ have all their representatives in _mycology_.

Fred Shapiro

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