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Mycelia are made up of thousands of interconnected, microscopic, finger-like cells called hyphae that grow into vast networks.

From Science Daily • Mar. 25, 2024

Accordingly, they predicted that hyphae with shapes near the brink of the tipping point would be particularly vulnerable to small environmental, chemical, or genetic changes.

From Science Daily • Mar. 25, 2024

Following the spore-covered body down into the soil, they found a mummified spider swaddled in fungal filaments called hyphae.

From Scientific American • Sep. 1, 2023

Mitosis and cell division result in the growth of many hyphae, which form a fruiting body called the ascocarp.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

If Phytophthora has obtained access, the fungus hyphae spread between the cells, starting from the haulm, and cause the flesh to turn yellowish and then brown in patches.

From Disease in Plants by Ward, H. Marshall