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# mycelium

noun (mycelium, mycelia)

«mycelium» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Mycelium is the mass of thin white threads of a fungus that grows underground or inside rotting wood; mushrooms grow out of it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mycelium/#m1)

### In the lessons

Met in science lessons on fungi, decomposers and soil. Mycelium links tree roots and helps plants share food, sometimes called the «wood wide web».

### Examples

- Mushrooms grow from mycelium under the ground. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mycelium/#x1)
- The mycelium spread through the rotting log. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mycelium/#x2)
- Mycelium looks like white cotton threads. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mycelium/#x3)
- Fungi break down dead leaves with their mycelium. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mycelium/#x4)
- Some trees swap food through mycelium in the soil. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mycelium/#x5)
- A single mycelium can be huge. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mycelium/#x6)

### Note

Plural: mycelia. Say «my-SEE-lee-um». The mushroom is only a small part of the fungus; most of it is the mycelium.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «mycelium» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mycelium/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«mycelium» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/mycelium.html) on Mova free.