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Meaning of MYCELIUM

Pronunciation:  mI'seeleeum

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  the vegetative part of a fungus consisting of a mass of branching threadlike hyphae
 
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 See Also: fungus, hypha, plant part, sclerotium

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\My*ce"li*um\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. my`khs a mushroom.]
(Bot.)
The white threads or filamentous growth from which a mushroom
or fungus is developed; the so-called mushroom spawn. --
{My*ce"li*al}, a.
 
Biology Dictionary
 
 Definition: The diffuse, indefinite body of a multicellular fungus, which is composed of many fine, branching tubes called hyphae.
 

 

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