mycelium
my·ce·lium
noun
1.
the vegetative part of a fungus consisting of a mass of branching threadlike hyphae
Origin
From New Latin mycelium; synchronically, myc- + -el- + -ium, where the infix -el- is of unknown origin, perhaps introduced from a rebracketing of epithelium.
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