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mycelium

my·ce·li·um [ mī slee əm ] (plural my·ce·li·a [ mī slee ə ])


noun 
Definition:
 
main part of fungus: a loose network of the delicate filaments hyphae that form the body of a fungus, consisting of the feeding and reproducing hyphae

[Mid-19th century. < modern Latin< Greek mukēs "fungus" after epithelium (see epithelium)]

my·ce·li·al adjective
my·ce·loid [ mssə lòyd ] adjective
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