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Mycelium vs Mycorrhiza - What's the difference?

mycelium | mycorrhiza |

As nouns the difference between mycelium and mycorrhiza

is that mycelium is the vegetative part of any fungus, consisting of a mass of branching, threadlike hyphae, often underground while mycorrhiza is a symbiotic relationship between the mycelium of a fungus and the roots of a plant.

mycelium

English

Noun

(mycelia)
  • The vegetative part of any fungus, consisting of a mass of branching, threadlike hyphae, often underground.

    • mycorrhiza

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (biology) A symbiotic relationship between the mycelium of a fungus and the roots of a plant.

    • Derived terms

    * ectomycorrhiza * endomycorrhiza