How to Use mycelium in a Sentence
mycelium
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This thing will crush rocks all day long and could not crush mycelium.
—Nick Hilden, Scientific American, 3 Aug. 2021
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The lampshades above the bar are made from mycelium, the threadlike part of a fungi.
—Emily Matchar, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Mar. 2020
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Consuming a large piece of wood can be the work of years for a mass of fungal fibers, called a mycelium.
—Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com, 18 Oct. 2020
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The fungus causes a mycelium, the thread- and root-like portion of a mushroom, to grow over the soy, forming a firm cake.
—Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2023
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Fungi are made of mycelium, a network of fine white filaments akin to the roots of a plant.
—Corryn Wetzel, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Nov. 2020
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The clumps were mycelium, the root-like threads of fungi that grow underground and give rise to mushrooms.
—Gabe Allen, Discover Magazine, 28 Nov. 2023
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But who knew that much of the mystery behind mushrooms stems from the magic of mycelium?
—Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2023
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Its evolved form, Trevenant, controls trees through its mycelium-like roots.
—Jhaan Elker, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2022
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The mycelium is then compressed into bricks, which can be used to build houses.
—Lucas Daprile, cleveland, 12 July 2022
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Together, the mycelium and hemp fibers grow inside a mold.
—Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 25 May 2023
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The bar stools are made from mycelium, purpose-grown in molds then baked until solid.
—Emily Matchar, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Mar. 2020
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That’s made from some 500 sheets of Reishi, a leather alternative sourced from mycelium, aka the root of mushrooms.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 28 Nov. 2023
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The Living Cocoon is slow to make, because it must be grown from living mycelium and then dried.
—Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 21 Sep. 2020
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Keep in mind that a mushroom is merely the fruiting body of a fungus that most of the time lives as fine white filaments of mycelium.
—Ellen Nibali, baltimoresun.com, 31 Dec. 2020
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The fungus delivers nutrients, supplied by the vast mycelium of the old trees, to the seedling through this Hartig net.
—Suzanne Simard, Wired, 7 May 2021
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Then, the mycelium creates a matrix that resembles the structure of meat.
—Lana Bandoim, Forbes, 29 June 2021
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Here, the cloud of mycelium will bloom into the iconic shapes that most people recognize.
—Jamie Clarkson, The Enquirer, 26 June 2021
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The logs are cut fresh, aged a few weeks, and then implanted with wooden dowels that have been covered in mycelium.
—Cathy Jakicic, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 May 2022
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These hyphae threads are connected through a web called a mycelium.
—David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 19 Oct. 2018
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In fact, they were made of compressed wood chips bound with a mixture of limestone and cement or with a fungus called mycelium.
—Saima May Sidik, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Jan. 2024
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Their true heft is hidden below the surface, where a massive network of root-like stalks of mycelium branch out for miles.
—Jessica Boddy, Popular Science, 22 Apr. 2020
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Sometimes the fungus produces a mat of mycelium in thick layers of compost.
—Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 22 Aug. 2020
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Stirring in more wood chips will keep the mycelium growing for future harvests.
—Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
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Powdery mildew is more unusual in that the mycelium primarily grows on the outside of the leaf.
—Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 24 Aug. 2023
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The fabric is derived from mycelium—the threadlike roots that connect vast fungal blooms.
—Eamon Barrett, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2020
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There’s even a hunk of mycelium (the fibers that make up nature’s fungal network) created to look, feel and taste like a chicken breast.
—Jenn Harris Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2021
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The hyphae combine to create mycelium, which then sprout the fruiting mushrooms.
—Corryn Wetzel, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Nov. 2020
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The lamps are actually made from a mixture of corn stalk and hemp that is infused with live mycelium cells, the root structure of mushrooms.
—Nina Friend, Bon Appetit, 6 July 2017
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The lamps are actually made from a mixture of corn stalk and hemp that is infused with live mycelium cells, the root structure of mushrooms.
—Nina Friend, Bon Appetit, 6 July 2017
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The fight within the mushroom industry right now is over whether companies can define mycelium as mushrooms.
—Robert Johnson, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2023
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