mycelium

The mycelium is the vegetative part of a fungus.

(noun)

An example of a mycelium is a mass of threadlike tubes that branch out on a fungus.

See mycelium in Webster's New World College Dictionary

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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See mycelium in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. my·ce·li·a (-lē-ə)

The vegetative part of a fungus, consisting of a mass of branching, threadlike hyphae.
A similar mass of fibers formed by certain bacteria.

Origin:

Origin: New Latin

Origin: : myc(o)-

Origin: + Greek hēlos, wart

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