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4. Dimorphic fungi may exhibit two different growth forms. Outside the body they grow as a mold, producing hyphae and asexual reproductive spores, but in the body they grow in a yeast-like form. 5. The appearance of a mold and the type of spores it produces is useful in its identification.. Dimorphic fungi. Dimorphic fungi may exhibit two different growth forms. Outside the body they grow as a mold, producing hyphae and asexual reproductive spores, but in the body they grow in a non-mycelial yeast form.
The dimorphic fungi grow, according to environmental conditions, as moulds or yeasts. Please contribute to this project, if you have more information about this term feel free to edit this page. This page was last modified on 27 February 2007, at 14:07.This page has been accessed 34,181 times. What links here | Related changes | Permanent link.