MYCELIUM


Meaning of MYCELIUM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ mī-ˈsē-lē-əm ]

noun

( plural my·ce·lia -lē-ə)

Etymology: New Latin, from myc- + Greek hēlos 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 -əl adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.