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Mycelium

noun
(pl. mycelia)
1.
The vegetative part of a fungus consisting of a mass of branching threadlike hyphae.





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"Mycelium" Quotes from Famous Books



... mushrooms, etc.). Associated Words: spawn, spore, mycophagy, fungivorous, mycetophagous, amanitine, mycelium, fungic, ...
— Putnam's Word Book • Louis A. Flemming
... Limnophysalis hyalina, and which has been observed before me by Drs. J. Lemaire and Gratiolet (Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires de l'Academie des Sciences, Paris, 1867, pp. 317 and 318) and B. Cauvet (Archives de Medecine Navale, November, 1876), is a fungus which is developed directly from the mycelium, each individual of which possesses one or several filaments, which are simple or dichotomous, with double outlines, extremely fine, plainly marked, hyaline, and pointed. Under favorable conditions, that is, with moisture, heat, and the presence ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883 • Various


Words linked to "Mycelium" :   plant structure, plant part, sclerotium, hypha, fungus


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