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mycelium

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mycelium

Mass of branched, tubular filaments (hyphae) of fungi (see fungus) that penetrate soil, wood, and other organic matter. The mycelium makes up the thallus (undifferentiated body) of a typical fungus. The mass may be microscopic in size or developed into visible structures, such as brackets, mushrooms, puffballs, or truffles. The mycelium produces spores, directly or through special fruiting bodies.


mycelium
the vegetative body of fungi: a mass of branching filaments (hyphae) that spread throughout the nutrient substratum


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Paul Stamets does both in Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World (Ten Speed Press, $35).
Biopsy analysis of the nasopharyngeal lesion revealed the presence of a mycelium made up of septate hyphae and associated oxalosis.
Ascomata were non-ostiolate, superficial, white to light cream colored, globose or subglobose, measuring 120 [micro]m-600 [micro]m in diameter, and covered with a white aerial mycelium.
 
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