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spore & hypha
Fungal spore / hyphae The most evident structure for most fungi is the spore bearing element - the mushrooms of terrestrial fungi. However, the defining character of fungi are the hyphae . Hyphae are cylindrical, branching tubes in which the cytoplasm of the fungus lives. The walls are organic, in true fungi they are mostly chitinous. Food is absorbed through the walls. A spore (two are shown here) settles, the hyphae begin to grow, branching and growing outwards. the cytoplasm tends to migrate to the growing tips of the fungi - and interconnected hyphae may extend over many metres - indeed leading some to suggest that fungi are the largest organisms on earth. Phase contrast. This picture was taken by David Patterson, Linda Amaral Zettler and Virginia Edgcomb of materials from sediments of the marine site, Eel Pond in Austumn 2000, spring and summer 2001. Image copyright: D. J. Patterson, L. Amaral-Zettler and V. Edgcomb, image used under license to MBL (micro*scope).
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Fungus
From the collection
Eel Pond, Woods Hole, Massachusetts
No description of Fungus available.
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Fungus in other collections
Fungus, from
Plum Island, Massachusetts coast, USA
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Fungus, from
Athens, Georgia, USA
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Fungus, from
Lake Toolik, Arctic Alaska
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Fungus, from
Lamont Pond, freshwater, New York
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Fungus, from
Lamont Pond, freshwater, New York
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Fungus, from
Lake Toolik, Arctic Alaska
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