mycelium
noun
my·ce·li·um
mī-ˈsē-lē-əm
plural mycelia
mī-ˈsē-lē-ə
: the mass of interwoven filamentous hyphae that forms especially the vegetative portion of the thallus 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 (such as streptomyces)
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