Meanings
adjectivehyphalike (comparative more hyphalike, superlative most hyphalike)
comparative more hyphalike · superlative most hyphalike
- biologyResembling a hypha.
The thallus may be one(Plate I, A–C, F) or few-celled, often linklike (Plate I, D, I) and monophagous, or may be segmented and hyphalike (Plate I, E, L) and extend through many host cells.
1965, C. G. Ainsworth, Frederick K[roeber] Sparrow, Alfred S. Sussman, editors, The Fungi: An Advanced Treatise, volume IVB (A Taxonomic Review with Keys: Basidomycetes and Lower Fungi), New York, N.Y.; London: Academic Press, →ISBN, page 159
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