Hypha
Long, filamentous structure in fungi and Actinobacteria / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about fungal structures. For the identically pronounced slang term and hip-hop subculture, see hyphy.
A hypha (from Ancient Greek ὑφή (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.