QUICK Fungi Facts A. Identify what is being described in each statement. 1. Organisms that feed on dead or decaying matter 2. The threads or filaments composing the mycelium 3. Branching root-like hyphae 4. Horizontally growing hyphae 5. Hyphae that grow upward and bear reproductive cells.
While decomposers break down dead, organic materials, detritivores—like millipedes, earthworms, and termites—eat dead organisms and wastes.
Multicellular fungi
Hyphae growth occurs by extending the cell walls and internal components from the tips. ... As the hypha extends, new septa can be created to internally divide the cells. The characteristic branching of hyphae is the result of the formation of a new tip from a hypha, or the division of a growing tip (see diagram below)
In stolon. …means of horizontal filaments (hyphae) that are also called stolons.
f two compatible mating types meet, they will produce reproductive structures which will unite to form a thick-walled compartment called a zygosporangium (zygosporangia plur.). ... From the zygosporangium, hyphae will grow upward and terminate with a round spore-containing structure called a sporangium or spore case.
