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The advantages and disadvantages of a large surface area-to-volume ratio of the mycelium in multicellular fungi and the role of mycelium in deciding the fungi’s environment.
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In multicellular fungi, many filament-like hyphae combine together to form a branched mass called the mycelium. The mycelium makes up the body of the
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