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(plural, hyphae) (hī′-fuh, hī′-fē) One of many connected filaments that collectively make up the mycelium of a fungus.
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(mī-sē′-lē-um) The densely branched network of hyphae in a fungus. |
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(kī′-tin) A structural polysaccharide, consisting of amino sugar monomers, found in many fungal cell walls and in the exoskeletons of all arthropods. |
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(plural, septa) One of the cross-walls that divide a fungal hypha into cells. Septa generally have pores large enough to allow ribosomes, mitochondria, and even nuclei to flow from cell to cell.
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(sē′-no-si′-tic) A fungus that lacks septa and hence whose body is made up of a continuous cytoplasmic mass that may contain hundreds or thousands of nuclei.
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