n.
Pronunciation: m ī - ' s ē -l ē - ə m
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -lia \ -l ē - ə \
Etymology: New Latin, from myc- + Greek h ē los nail, wart, callus
Date: 1836
: the mass of interwoven filamentous hyphae that forms especially the vegetative portion of the thallus of a fungus and is often submerged in another body (as of soil or organic matter or the tissues of a host) also : a similar mass of filaments formed by some bacteria (as streptomyces)
– my · ce · li · al \ - ə l \ adjective