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The researchers tested their prediction by treating fungi near the tipping point with small amounts of chemicals that affected hyphal growth.

From Science Daily • Mar. 25, 2024

"Our findings explain hyphal shape diversity in an enormous, diverse, and important group of species," said Rojas.

From Science Daily • Mar. 25, 2024

By extending photosynthetic time, Nichols says, planting cover crops “makes more carbon available to mycorrhizal fungi for hyphal growth”.

From Nature • Sep. 25, 2013

At the same time there are strong grounds for insisting on the resemblances between Endomyces, a hyphal fungus bearing yeast-like asci, and such a form as Saccharomyces anomalus.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various

The outer parts of the mass then differentiate as a wall or investment, and the interior becomes a hollow, into which hyphal ends grow and abstrict the spores.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various