Light micrograph of the common bread mould Mucor mucedo,showing its thread-like hyphae and round fruiting bodies or sporangia. Fungal spores circulate freely in the air. When they alight on a favourable medium,the spores germinate to produce a network of hyphae,which function to absorb food for growth and spore production. A sporangium grows at the end of a specialised hypha called a sporangiophore. When the spores are mature,the sporangium's wall cracks and disintegrates,releasing the spores for new dispersal. Magnification unknown | |
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