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A question about fungus?

Once again, my textbook fails to answer my question. My question is: What is distinctive about the body structure of fungi?

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  • 8 years ago
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    The "body" of a fungus is composed of thin, thread-like strands called hyphae enclosed by a cell wall of chitin (a complex polysaccharide also found in the exoskeletons of Arthropods). The hyphae may be one long strand with no cross walls, have cross walls with a pore or entire cross walls. There may be multiple nuclei, one nucleus per cell or two nuclei per cell. The mass of hyphae is called a mycelium.

    Source(s): Botanist and Microbiology Instructor
  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    uh, no, have eaten mushrooms before, and once had them growing up in the carpet in a bathroom, shared by... let's see here... Ten. Ten people, half of which showered twice a day, and it seemed NOBODY understood how to use a shower curtain... Installing shower doors, and evicting half the room mates solved that one. As who knew shower doors were some hi-tech hard to understand device either... dang, I'm ranting today... will be better soon... promise.

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