mycelial
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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The root-like fruiting bodies of mushrooms, also known as mycelial fibers, have shown promising results as the new age, eco-friendly material for a wide range of consumer and industrial applications.
From Science Daily • Jan. 8, 2024
She expounds on the amazing fact of mycelial networks, the great web they build in the soil.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2023
What's more, the mushrooms seemed to transfer this energy underground through mycelial networks to its neighbors, which could be analogous to a sort of communication.
From Salon • May 9, 2023
In a few forests, researchers have traced fungi from the roots of one tree to those of others, suggesting that mycelial threads could be providing conduits between trees.
From New York Times • Nov. 7, 2022
A section through the thallus of Nephroma helvetica, showing the cortices, upper and lower, and the mycelial medulla within.
From Ohio Biological Survey, Bull. 10, Vol. 11, No. 6 The Ascomycetes of Ohio IV and V by Hilker, Leafy Jane Corrington
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