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mycelium

/mahy-see-lee-uhm/US // maɪˈsi li əm //UK // (maɪˈsiːlɪəm) //

菌丝体,菌丝,菌体,菌落

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural my·ce·li·a [mahy-see-lee-uh]. /maɪˈsi li ə/. Mycology.

    • : the mass of hyphae that form the vegetative part of a fungus.

Examples

  • There, its final, irresistible impulse is to latch its jaws upon the twig, dying as the mycelium finally consumes all the insect’s innards.

  • The fermentation is caused by the mycelium of this fungus before the development of the fructification.

  • Eumycetes, or Higher Fungi, a common name for those Fungi which possess a septate mycelium.

  • Much more disastrous results can be traced directly to the action of the mycelium in the cortex.

  • They are attached to the filaments of the mycelium, as in Uredo segetum.

  • The mycelium is usually buried in the matrix, so as not to be conspicuous.