noun. The vegetative part of a fungus, consisting of a mass of branching, threadlike hyphae.

noun. A similar mass of fibers formed by certain bacteria.

noun. The vegetative part of the thallus of fungi, composed of one or more hyphæ.

noun. The white threads or filamentous growth from which a mushroom or fungus is developed; the so-called mushroom spawn.

noun. The vegetative part of any fungus, consisting of a mass of branching, threadlike hyphae, often underground.

noun. the vegetative part of a fungus consisting of a mass of branching threadlike hyphae

"We have now discovered that there is a multi-directional transfer of nutrients between plants, mitigated by the mcyelium -- so the mycelium is the mother that is giving nutrients from alder and birch trees to hemlocks, cedars and Douglas firs."

fibrillose mycelium  fibrous mycelium  filamentous mycelium  floccose mycelium  membranous mycelium  

bluish-white  cytoskeletal  fascicle  fernlike  firefly  

mycelia