Difference between revisions of "Hypha"
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| − | '''hypha''' ([[Category:Noun]][[:Category:Noun|noun]], ''pl.'' hyphae) – a | + | '''hypha''' ([[Category:Noun]][[:Category:Noun|noun]], ''pl.'' hyphae) – a string of ''fungal'' cells forming a microscopic [[cell filament]], either subdivided by [[septa|septae]] into cells that remain connected through [[septal pore]]s, or, [[coenocytic]], i. e., forming a filamentous [[siphon]] delimited on the outside by a common cell wall but not subdivided from septa into distinctly separate cells. Hypha represents one of two types of cell organization how [[somatic]] (= [[vegetative]], [[assimilative]]) fungal cells may grow, the other main type being [[yeast]]s. ''Kind of:'' [[:Category:Cell organization-type|cell organization-type]][[Category:Cell organization-type]]. |
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hypha (noun, pl. hyphae) – a string of fungal cells forming a microscopic cell filament, either subdivided by septae into cells that remain connected through septal pores, or, coenocytic, i. e., forming a filamentous siphon delimited on the outside by a common cell wall but not subdivided from septa into distinctly separate cells. Hypha represents one of two types of cell organization how somatic (= vegetative, assimilative) fungal cells may grow, the other main type being yeasts. Kind of: cell organization-type.
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