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mycelium
noun
[ mʌɪˈsiːlɪəm ]
• the vegetative part of a fungus, consisting of a network of fine white filaments (hyphae).
Origin:
mid 19th century: modern Latin, from Greek mukēs ‘fungus’, on the pattern of epithelium .