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• n  the vegetative part of a fungus consisting of a mass of branching threadlike hyphae

• It develops a network of very fine branches, called "mycelium," which secrete penicillin.
• Plantlike, but not quite plants, fungi are rootless and leafless, consist of tiny threads (hyphae) tangled in a mass (mycelium) that can grow as much as half a mile in 24 hours.

News & Articles

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• We grew a mushroom house! Ecovative grows furniture and more from mushrooms
  Ecovative's mushroom-made materials run the gamut from furniture to an entire house, thanks to the power of mycelium -- essentially fungus, which looks like a network of thin white strands.
  July 30, 2013 - Fox News