Hyphae are designed to increase the surface area of fungi and
thus facilitate absorption
- May grow fast, up to 1 km per day, as they spread throughout a
food source
- May be coenocytic, having no septa between cells, or septa
may be present with pores through which cytoplasm can flow
moving nutrients through out the fungus
Parasitic fungi have modified hyphae called haustoria,
which penetrate the host tissue but remain outside cell
membrane