mycelial (miselial)

[ Same as fibrous mycelium . -oid.] In bot ., resembling a mushroom. mycelium (mi-sē'li-um), n. [NL., ήλος , nail, wart, an excrescence on a plant.] The vegetative part of the thallus of fungi, composed of one or more hyp he. The vegetative system of fungi consists of filiform branched or unbranched cells called hyphæ, and the hyphæ collectively form the mycelium. Also mycele. See cuts under Fungi, mold, mildew, ergot, and haustorium. - Fibrillose mycelium. Same as fibrous mycelium. - Fibrous mycelium, mycelium in which the hyphæ form, by their union, elongated branching strands. - Filamentous mycelium, my with one another, but without forming bodies of definite shape and outline. De Bary. - Floccose mycelium, celium of free hyphæ which are are at most loosely interwoven