Elaine:
Ok, now I'm mad. I got the following quote from:
http://www.qub.ac.uk/fungi/Level1/mcb106/lect5/def.html
Hypha(e) Filamentous structure which exhibits apical growth and which=
is the developmental unit of a mycelium
Now, if the hyphae is the developmental unit, is it also the fungus? I cou=
ld read this that the mycelium develops from the hyphae or that the myceliu=
m is a name given to a collection of hyphae. In other words, the mycelium =
defines structure of the hyphae not that the hyphae are the roots of the my=
celium. The hyphae are not the genesis of the fungi but are the fungi and =
the mycelium defines the structure. Is that correct? So if I see hyphae, =
I have fungi?
Ted Peterson
Earth-Wise/Spirit of the Earth
Received on Mon Dec 22 2003 - 14:14:40 EST