This is an image of the hyphae, or threads, and fruiting bodies of an Aspergillus fungus. The tubelike branching structures are the hyphae (1), which make up the mycelium that is the main “body” of a ...

The paradigmatic view of fungal growth is that vegetative hyphae grow only through division and expansion at the hyphal tip. However, this model cannot adequately explain how endophytes within the ...

Mechanically sensitive proteins called gellins sense and respond to protoplasm flowing out of severed hyphae, quickly sealing up injuries in these root-like structures of fungi. Viviane was a ...

The secret life of fungi unfolds underground where hyphae form spindly threads of mycelium that stretch out like vast ...

The affected skin is gently scraped with a blade or glass slide to collect a sample of ... The "spaghetti" represent short fungal hyphae which might more aptly be described as "macaroni" and ...