History of the taxon:

Etymology of the name:

Taxon: Polymycoviridae; Proposal: 2019.002F.A.v1.Polymycoviridae_1newfam; : ; ICTV Report: Polymycoviridae; Reference:

from the Ancient Greek πολύς (polús), meaning “many" and mukēs (myco), meaning fungus, referring to the hosts of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa