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mycelial

American  
[mahy-see-lee-uhl] / maɪˈsi li əl /

adjective

  1. Mycology. relating to, being, or having a mycelium.


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This process produced a dispersion containing micrometer-sized mycelium fibers with intact mycelial structures, as verified by Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 8, 2024

What's more, the mushrooms seemed to transfer this energy underground through mycelial networks to its neighbors, which could be analogous to a sort of communication.

From Salon ● May 9, 2023

For hundreds of years people around the world used fungi-based materials, like the suede-like amadou in Transylvania and mycelial textiles in Indigenous North America.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2023

Regan’s new book, “Fieldwork: A Forager’s Memoir,” is held together by mycelial architecture.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 9, 2023

Fumago—a single mycelial cell divides by septa in all three planes until a more or less solid clump results.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various

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