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mycelium

Translation
mycelium
—mycelial, adj.
/muy see"lee euhm/, n., pl. mycelia /-lee euh/. Mycol.
the mass of hyphae that form the vegetative part of a fungus.
[1830-40; < NL, equiv. to Gk myk- MYC- + (h)él(os) wart, nail + NL -ium -IUM]

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Mass of branched, tubular filaments (hyphae) of fungi (see fungus) that penetrate soil, wood, and other organic matter.

The mycelium makes up the thallus (undifferentiated body) of a typical fungus. The mass may be microscopic in size or developed into visible structures, such as brackets, mushrooms, puffballs, or truffles. The mycelium produces spores, directly or through special fruiting bodies.

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▪ fungus filament
plural  Mycelia,  

      the mass of branched, tubular filaments (hyphae) of fungi. The mycelium makes up the thallus, or undifferentiated body, of a typical fungus. It may be microscopic in size or developed into visible structures, such as brackets, mushrooms, puffballs, rhizomorphs (long strands of hyphae cemented together), sclerotia (hard, compact masses), stinkhorns, toadstools, and truffles. At a certain stage it produces spores, directly or through special fruiting bodies.

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