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My team and I have discovered, over decades of study, that mushroom mycelium is a rich resource of new antimicrobial compounds, which work in concert, helping protecting the mushrooms - and us - from microbial pathogens.
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Meaning of "mycelium" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MYCELIUM

(Literally: nail of fungus): from myco- + Greek hēlos nail.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF MYCELIUM

mycelium  [maɪˈsiːlɪəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MYCELIUM

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Mycelium is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MYCELIUM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

mycelium

Mycelium

Mycelium is the vegetative part of a fungus, consisting of a mass of branching, thread-like hyphae. The mass of hyphae is sometimes called shiro, especially within the fairy ring fungi. Fungal colonies composed of mycelium are found in and on soil and many other substrates. A typical single spore germinates into a homokaryotic mycelium, which cannot reproduce sexually; when two compatible homokaryotic mycelia join and form a dikaryotic mycelium, that mycelium may form fruiting bodies such as mushrooms. A mycelium may be minute, forming a colony that is too small to see, or it may be extensive: Is this the largest organism in the world? This 2,400-acre site in eastern Oregon had a contiguous growth of mycelium before logging roads cut through it.Estimated at 1,665 football fields in size and 2,200 years old, this one fungus has killed the forest above it several times over, and in so doing has built deeper soil layers that allow the growth of ever-larger stands of trees. Mushroom-forming forest fungi are unique in that their mycelial mats can achieve such massive proportions.

Definition of mycelium in the English dictionary

The definition of mycelium in the dictionary is the vegetative body of fungi: a mass of branching filaments that spread throughout the nutrient substratum.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MYCELIUM


allium
ˈælɪəm
berkelium
bɜːˈkiːlɪəm
endothelium
ˌɛndəʊˈθiːlɪəm
epithelium
ˌɛpɪˈθiːlɪəm
gallium
ˈɡælɪəm
helium
ˈhiːlɪəm
linoleum
lɪˈnəʊlɪəm
mausoleum
ˌmɔːsəˈlɪəm
mesothelium
ˌmɛsəʊˈθiːlɪəm
nebulium
nəbˈjuːlɪəm
nobelium
nəʊˈbiːlɪəm
peculium
pɪˈkjuːlɪəm
petroleum
pəˈtrəʊlɪəm
promycelium
ˌprəʊmaɪˈsiːlɪəm
Sealyham
ˈsiːlɪəm
simulium
sɪˈmjuːlɪəm
telium
ˈtiːlɪəm
tetrazolium
ˌtɛtrəˈzəʊlɪəm
thulium
ˈθjuːlɪəm
Valium
ˈvælɪəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MYCELIUM

mycele
mycelia
mycelial
mycelian
mycella
myceloid
Mycenae
Mycenaean
mycetes
mycetology
mycetoma
mycetomata
mycetomatous
mycetophagous
mycetozoan
mycobacteria
mycobacterial
mycobacterium
mycobiont
mycoflora

WORDS THAT END LIKE MYCELIUM

bdellium
beryllium
cilium
dentalium
dolium
folium
gnaphalium
ilium
magnalium
milium
pallium
penicillium
prothallium
psyllium
reptilium
scholium
taurobolium
thallium
trifolium
trillium

Synonyms and antonyms of mycelium in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «mycelium» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MYCELIUM

Find out the translation of mycelium to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of mycelium from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mycelium» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

菌丝体
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

micelio
570 millions of speakers

English

mycelium
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

फुई
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أفطورة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мицелий
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

micélio
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ছত্রকদেহ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mycélium
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Miselium
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Myzel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

菌糸体
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

균사체
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mycelium
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

khuẩn ty thể
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பூசண
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मायसेलियम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

miselyum
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

micelio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

grzybnia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

міцелій
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

miceliu
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μυκήλιο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

miselium
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mycel
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mycelium
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mycelium

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MYCELIUM»

The term «mycelium» is regularly used and occupies the 89.742 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MYCELIUM» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mycelium

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QUOTES WITH «MYCELIUM»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word mycelium.
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Paul Stamets
My team and I have discovered, over decades of study, that mushroom mycelium is a rich resource of new antimicrobial compounds, which work in concert, helping protecting the mushrooms - and us - from microbial pathogens.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MYCELIUM»

Discover the use of mycelium in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mycelium and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World
Heavily referenced and beautifully illustrated, this book is destined to be a classic reference for bemushroomed generations to come. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Paul Stamets, 2011
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Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World
Growing more mushrooms may be the best thing we can do to save the environment, and mushroom expert Paul Stamets explains how in this groundbreaking manual.
Paul Stamets, 2005
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Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World
Growing more mushrooms may be the best thing we can do to save the environment, and mushroom expert Paul Stamets explains how in this groundbreaking manual.
Paul Stamets, 2005
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The Ecology and Physiology of the Fungal Mycelium
This 1984 symposium volume was the first of its kind to deal specifically with the vegetative fungal mycelium.
British Mycological Society. Symposium, David Harry Jennings, Alan D. M. Rayner, 1984
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Competition Science Vision
Generally, the mycelium is a weft of interlacing and anastomosing hyphae. In a few genera, however, the mycelial hyphae run parallel to one another and get united (bundled) to form conspicuous thick cords. These structures are termed as  ...
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AGRICULTURAL MICROBIOLOGY
The vegetative mycelium usually does not fragment into bacillary or coccoid cells, whereas conidia are bome in sporophores. Typical aerial mycelium is much branched, and the conidia are formed in chains. The conidia formation pattems are ...
D. J. BAGYARAJ, G. RANGASWAMI, 2007
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Biotechnology and Food Ingredients
Vitamin B Content Another important factor in using mushroom mycelium grown in submerged culture was the potential for producing high-protein food containing high concentrations of B vitamins and fats. Mushroom mycelium was proposed ...
Israel Goldberg, Richard Williams, 1991
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New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research
fungal mycelium and pigmented material which had probably been adsorbed from the soil. Other nodal roots were rotting or had become short brown stubs. Nodules were senescent and often reduced to shells. However, older roots located at ...
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Competition Science Vision
Mycelium ○ The mycelium generally is a weft of interlacing and anastomosing hyphae. In a few genera, however, the mycelial hyphae run parallel to one another and get bundled together to form definite and conspicuous thick cords called ...
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Competition Science Vision
The well-developed, filamentous mycelium consists of a mass of branched, septate hyphae generally spreading in a fan-shaped manner. Diplodisation ( Dikaryotisation) The cells of the secondary mycelium are binucleate. It represents the ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MYCELIUM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mycelium is used in the context of the following news items.
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Signs from underground
This mass of fibrous cells (called the mycelium) exists by growing slowly through the underground environment absorbing nutrients as it goes. «Southernminn.com, Jul 15»
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Mysterious Phenomenon Of Ice That Grows Like Hair Explained
He noticed that the ice was coated with a web-like material that his assistant identified as mycelium, which act as the fungal equivalent of roots. «Tech Times, Jul 15»
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The Story behind the 'Learning in a Working Garden' Program
Our gardens are lined with oyster mushroom mycelium, to help create an inert state of heavy metals, petroleum products and insoluble salts left ... «Buffalo Rising, Jul 15»
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The Rozalia Project and Parley for the Oceans in East Boothbay
The company uses fungal mycelium, or mushroom root structures, to create organic and renewable alternatives to existing environmentally ... «Boothbay Register, Jul 15»
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Woodland Project: Eat, drink, be merry and dance on the ranch
The mycelium of the title felt manifest as an underlying web of ideas and passions knitted together to get us to this place. As the audience left ... «SFGate, Jul 15»
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South West textile artists the 'Brunel Broderers' exhibit at Nature in Art
Mycelium acts as a filter to break down man made poisonous waste products. Corinne Renow Clarke is concerned with her local landscape. Outside is work that ... «South Cotswolds Gazette, Jul 15»
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Eco-village in Cameroon seeks to nourish the roots of plants and …
“What happens in the soil which is what we don't see, is that there is a lot of relationship between soil organisms…there is mycelium; there is ... «Free Speech Radio News, Jul 15»
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Withered charm of the bird's nest orchid
The orchid roots, shaped like a bird's nest, link to the fungal mycelium and take its nutrients. The complexity of this ménage à trois may explain ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
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TechKnow: Mushroom Experiments - Full Episode
They do this by utilizing mycelium, the microscopic root structure that allows mushrooms to grow on trees and spread throughout the forest floor. «Al Jazeera America, Jul 15»
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The Fungus Among Us
Fungi can be microscopic plants that contain no chlorophyll and reproduce by spores that are usually spread by mycelium. In general terms ... «27east.com, Jul 15»

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