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 == Fungi Life cycle ==
-Most fungi grow as mycelium consisting of a mass of branching, thread-like hyphae, which are
+Most fungi grow as mycelium consisting of a mass of branching, thread-like hyphae, which are cylindrical, thread-like structures 2–10 µm in diameter and up to several centimeters in length. All together hyphae may form extremely large organisms, as for example Armillaria ostoyae, which occupies 965 hectares os soil found in US Oregon's Blue Mountains (Casselman 2007).
-cylindrical, thread-like structures 2–10 µm in diameter and up to several centimeters in length. All
-together hyphae may form extremely large organisms, as for example Armillaria ostoyae, which
-occupies 965 hectares os soil found in US Oregon's Blue Mountains (Casselman 2007). While being
-able to form net-like structures, fungus is called as "Earth's natural internet” (TED 2008). Fungi
-expert Paul Stamens has even compared mycelium to ARPANET, the US Department of Defense's
-early version of the internet (TED 2008).
 === Mycelium/Hyphae ===