A hypha (from Ancient Greekὑφή (huphḗ)'web'; pl.hyphae) is a long, branching, filamentous structure of a fungus, oomycete, or actinobacterium.[1] In most fungi, hyphae are the main mode of vegetative growth, and are collectively called a mycelium.
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