Living or residing on or among cystidia, describing organisms that inhabit the cystidium-bearing structures of fungi.
From cystidium + Latin '-colous' (dwelling in). This ecological term describes the habitat preference of organisms living on fungal cystidia.
Tiny mites and bacteria have evolved to live specifically on mushroom cystidia—it's a microscopic ecosystem within an ecosystem that most people never notice!
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