my·ce·li·um
n, pl -lia : the mass of interwoven filamentous hyphae that forms esp. the vegetative body 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 of the genus Streptomyces) .
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