Visible mold will take a fuzzy appearance — a group of hyphae and spores. Which Types Of Mold Are Harmful? Molds with mycotoxins, or toxic substances, are the most harmful.

As the mold branched outward, it seemed, it gave nearby bacteria a boost. And at closer zoom, the bacteria were clearly swimming along the hyphae, just like the streams Wolfe noticed during that ...

Like most fungi, mold fungi are hyphal fungi. They consist of filamentous cells, hyphae, which may form large networks, mycelia. The hyphae of about 3 µm in thickness exclusively grow by directed ...

Mold can penetrate deep into food by way of hyphae — basically, the mycelium of a fungus. And it's not always visible to the naked eye. Here are all the scientific facts.

The dense line of hyphae toward the bottom of the image (3) demarks the surface of the agar that this fungus is growing on. Click on the right arrow to see some additional views of Aspergillus fungi.