The tube-like structures at the bottom of the image are the fungus’s hyphae (1), which make up the mycelium that is the main “body” of the fungus. The light blue ovals are the spores that the fungus ...

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

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. Mycelium is the fabric of fungal populations: fungi produce thread-like roots called hyphae, which branch and fuse with one another to form a ...

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 fungus. The flowerlike structures are the ...

These curious fungal displays are what’s known ... it’s possible that a circular formation may help the mycelium survive pathogen attacks. When hyphae spread through the soil as a mycelium ...

In short, fungi eat death, and in doing so, create new life. Fungi hyphae form mycelium that connects trees and plants in an underground fungal highway — called the wood-wide web ...

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By a special arrangement, only the mycelium was exposed to the isotope, and then the amounts of nitrogen-15 were measured in different parts of the seedlings.

Pentagram’s Jody Hudson-Powell and Luke Powell have designed a digital tool based on mushroom growth simulation algorithms, which lets users ‘grow’ fungi-esque ... reminiscent of the hyphae filaments ...

ESEM image of a fossil fungal mycelium with associated 'cauliflower-like' microstromatolite formed by iron-oxidizing bacteria. From Koko Seamount, Pacific Ocean. 43 Ma old. Disclaimer: AAAS and ...