Hypha

This article is about fungal structures. For the identically pronounced slang term and hip-hop subculture, see hyphy.
Hyphae of Penicillium
Fungal hyphae cells: (1) Hyphal wall. (2) Septum. (3) Mitochondrion. (4) Vacuole. (5) Ergosterol crystal. (6) Ribosome. (7) Nucleus. (8) Endoplasmic reticulum. (9) Lipid body. (10) Plasma membrane. (11) Spitzenkörper. (12) Golgi apparatus
Hyphae growing on tomato sauce (the pale oblong objects to the side are rice grains)
Aspergillus niger
Conidia on conidiophores

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.

  1. ^ Madigan M; Martinko J, eds. (2005). Brock Biology of Microorganisms (11th ed.). Prentice Hall. ISBN 0-13-144329-1.