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== Fungi Life cycle == | == Fungi Life cycle == | ||
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). 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 === | === Mycelium/Hyphae === | ||