Mycelium
21mycelium — (mi se le um) A mass of branching hyphae found in fungi and some bacteria …
22mycelium — Mass of hyphae that constitutes the vegetative part of a fungus (the conspicuous part in most cases is the fruiting body). Similar, though smaller, structures are found with some saprophytic bacteria such as Nocardia …
23mycelium — noun The vegetative part of any fungus, consisting of a mass of branching, threadlike hyphae, often underground …
24mycelium — The mass of hyphae making up a colony of fungi. [G. mykes, fungus, + helos, nail, wart, excrescence on animal or plant] aerial m. the portion of m. that grows upward or outward from the surface of the substrate, and from which …
25mycelium — maɪ sɪËlɪəm n. vegetative threadlike part of a fungus, thallus …
26mycelium — [mʌɪ si:lɪəm] noun (plural mycelia lɪə) Botany a network of fine white filaments (hyphae) constituting the vegetative part of a fungus. Derivatives mycelial adjective Origin C19: mod. L., from Gk mukēs fungus , on the pattern of epithelium …
27mycelium — my·ce·li·um …
28mycelium — n.; pl. mycelia the tangled mass of fine branching threads that make up the feeding and growing part of a fungus …
29mycelium — my•ce•li•um [[t]maɪˈsi li əm[/t]] n. pl. li•a [[t] li ə[/t]] fng the mass of hyphae that form the vegetative part of a fungus • Etymology: 1830–40; < NL, = Gk myk myc +(h)ḗl(os) wart, nail + NL ium ium II my•ce′li•al, adj …
30mycelium — /maɪˈsiliəm / (say muy seeleeuhm) noun (plural mycelia /maɪˈsiliə/ (say muy seeleeuh)) the vegetative part or thallus of the fungi, when composed of one or more filamentous elements, or hyphae. {New Latin, from Greek mykēs} –myceloid /ˈmaɪsəlɔɪd/ …
