The important characteristics of fungi are:
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Hyphae are thread like structure which is very fine and colorless that makes up the body of the fungus.
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The hyphae are hidden deep in the soil.
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It produces the fruiting body.
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Hyphal growth is a very complex process.
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Hyphae are highly polarized cylinders which grow by the extension at the apical region.
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The hyphae elongates exponentially or linearly.
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The fungal hyphae grow above and below the surface of the medium and penetrate into te medium.
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Two types of hyphal branching are noticed in the fungal hyphae they are the apical and the lateral branching.
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The branching is central to the development of mycelial colony.
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The individual fungal hyphae exhibit the apical dominance.
