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Rights: Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research Published 15 November 2018 Size: 1 MB Referencing Hub media

Soil and logs contain lots of fungal hyphae. Hyphae feed, grow and branch to form a colony and may later form a mushroom. Hyphae can also be grown on agar in the laboratory. Hyphae need O2 and produce CO2 like animals.

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    Fungal life cycles – spores and more

    Fungi are eukaryotic organisms and include yeasts, moulds and mushrooms. Some fungi are multicellular, while others, such as yeasts, are unicellular. Most fungi are microscopic, but many produce ...

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