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Definitions of mycelium in various dictionaries:
noun - the vegetative part of a fungus consisting of a mass of branching threadlike hyphae
The vegetative part of a fungus, consisting of a mass of branching, threadlike hyphae.
A similar mass of fibers formed by certain bacteria.
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the vegetative part of a fungus, consisting of a network of fine white filaments (hyphae). |
the vegetative part of a fungus consisting of a mass of branching threadlike hyphae |
The vegetative part of a fungus, consisting of a mass of branching, threadlike hyphae. |
A similar mass of fibers formed by certain bacteria. |
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Mycelium is the vegetative part of a fungus or fungus-like bacterial colony, consisting of a mass of branching, thread-like hyphae. The mass of hyphae is sometimes called shiro, especially within the fairy ring fungi. Fungal colonies composed of mycelium are found in and on soil and many other substrates. A typical single spore germinates into a homokaryotic mycelium, which cannot reproduce sexually; when two compatible homokaryotic mycelia join and form a dikaryotic mycelium, that mycelium may form fruiting bodies such as mushrooms. A mycelium may be minute, forming a colony that is too small to see, or it may be extensive:* Is this the largest organism in the world? This 2,400-acre [970-hectare] site in eastern Oregon had a contiguous growth of mycelium before logging roads cut through it. Estimated at 1,665 football fields in size and 2,200 years old, this one fungus has killed the forest above it several times over, and in so doing has built deeper soil layers that allow the growth |