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mycelium

DEFINITIONS OF: mycelium

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n the vegetative part of a fungus consisting of a mass of branching threadlike hyphae

Types:
sclerotium
compact usually dark-colored mass of hardened mycelium constituting a vegetative food-storage body in various true fungi; detaches when mature and can give rise to new growth
Type of:
plant part, plant structure
any part of a plant or fungus
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