Rhizohyphae

Rhizohyphae are a type of attachment structure on some lichens. Rhizohyphae are more slender than rhizines and are one cell thick in diameter. Rhizohyphae often occur as a felt-like hyphae mass.[1]

References
  1. McCune, Bruce; Linda Geiser; Sylvia Duran Sharnoff; Stephen Sharnoff (2009). Macrolichens of the Pacific Northwest. Illustration by Alexander G. Mikulin (2nd ed.). Corvallis: Oregon State University Press. p. 448. ISBN 0870715658.


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