mycelial, a. Bot.
(maɪˈsiːlɪəl)
[f. myceli-um + -al1.]
Consisting of or characterized by mycelium.
| 1870 Bastian in Nature 30 June 173/2 Ordinary mycelial filaments. 1882 Jrnl. Microscop. Sci. Jan. 6 A mycelial thread. 1894 Times 13 Dec. 11/5 Eurotium Oryzæ, a mycelial plant of the Aspergillus family. |
So myˈcelian, myˈcelioid adjs.
| 1857 M. J. Berkeley Cryptog. Bot. §226, I have..found a Cyphella on the hardest gravel stones, where the fine mycelioid threads, by which it was attached [etc.]. 1887 W. Phillips Brit. Discomycetes 147 The fully developed cups are much more rare than the green mycelioid state. 1891 Syd. Soc. Lex., Mycelian, relating to Mycelium. |