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Each fungus will have vast numbers of these hyphae, all intertwining to make up a tangled web called the mycelium. The mycelium is generally too fine to be seen by the naked eye, except where the hyphae are very closely packed together. The picture on the left was taken through a microscope.
The Body of a Fungus Fungi exist mainly in the form of slender filaments, barelyvisible to the naked eye, which are called hyphae (singular, hypha). These hyphae are typically made up of long chainsof cells joined end-to-end divided by cross-walls called septa (singular, septum).he cell walls of plants are made ofcellulose, also a strong building material. 5. Fungi have nuclear mitosis. Mitosis in fungi isdifferent from that in plants or most other eukaryotesin one key respect: the nuclear envelope does notbreak down and re-form.