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mycelium Definition

my·celium (mī sēlē əm)

noun pl. -·lia

the thallus, or vegetative part, of a fungus, made of a mass or network of threadlike tubes

Etymology: ModL < Gr mykēs, a mushroom (see myco-) + -lium, as in epithelium

mycelium Related Forms
my·celi·al adjective
mycelium Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • fungus: In fact the ground beneath your feet will be absolutely seething with the mycelia of different fungi.
  • species: There was in fact a vertical zonation of the mycelium of both species and Marasmius was potentially the better competitor.

Converse of object

  • produce: In culture, it produced a pinkish-white mycelium with black, slimy conidial masses protruding from the surface.
  • call: Each fungus will have vast numbers of these hyphae, all intertwining to make up a tangled web called the mycelium.
  • grow: However antigen was detected when actively growing mycelia was produced from diseased stem-base and root material.
  • form: On PDA, the fungus quickly formed a dense white mycelium, which later became fluffy.
  • branch: Grows to form a fungus-like, branching mycelium with aerial hyphae bearing conidia.
  • develop: Each female can lay up to 50 eggs in close proximity to developing mycelia.

Adjective modifier

  • fungal: In fact, there was no fungal mycelium evident on the sample at all.
  • vegetative: Much of their life cycle is spent as vegetative mycelium, exploiting complex substrates.
  • aerial: Colonies on carrot agar ( CA; Brasier, 1967 ) were slightly stellate with appressed to low tufted aerial mycelium ( Fig.
  • white: On PDA, the fungus quickly formed a dense white mycelium, which later became fluffy.
  • epiphytic: White, epiphytic mycelia and conidia were present on leaves; forming thin, irregular colonies on either sides of leaves ( Fig.
  • abundant: When diseased leaves were placed in a humid chamber, abundant fluffy white mycelia emerged from the leaf spots.

Modifies a noun

  • growth: Very fresh spawn sometimes does not even show any sign of the white mycelium growth of the fungi.
  • plug: Mycelium plugs were put on the hypocotyl, which was previously wounded with a sterile scalpel.

Noun used with modifier

  • mushroom: By using the dowels to inoculate cut logs or stumps, mushroom mycelium can be encouraged to grow throughout or colonize the wood.
  • mold: Figure 1 shows the typical cobweb growth of a mold mycelium from the edge to the center of a glass surface.
  • doctor: As he lay there holding her corpse he realized that even a doctor mycelium could not have saved her.
  • fungus: Mold: Any superficial growth of a fungus mycelium.

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