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Hyphae

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hy·pha  (hf)
n. pl. hy·phae (-f)
Any of the threadlike filaments forming the mycelium of a fungus.

[New Latin, from Greek huph, web; see webh- in Indo-European roots.]

hyphal adj.


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After three months, the team analyzed the flake in areas where fungi filaments, known as hyphae, had attached.
They form long, thin threads called hyphae that sometimes matt together in large clumps of hyphae called mycelium.
Mycelial Characteristics Vegetative hyphae have clamp connections.
 
 
 
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