mycelia

Variant of mycelium

mycelium definition

my·celium (mī sē′lē əm)

noun pl. mycelia -·lia (-ə)

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

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

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