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mycelia

Variant of mycelium

noun pl. mycelia

the thallus, or vegetative part, of a fungus, made of a mass or network of threadlike tubes

Origin: ModL < Gr mykēs, a mushroom (see myco-) + -lium, as in epithelium

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mycelial adjective

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