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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 Fungus Body: Mycelium and Yeasts. At one time or another, we have all come across food that has become contaminated in some forgotten corner of our refrigerator and observed the filamentous growth of fungi. The filamentous growth is called mycelium (pl.=mycelia) and represents the body of the fungus. A fragment of mycelium is referred to as a hypha (pl.=hyphae). A less familiar fungus body, is the yeast. The yeast fungus is unicellular.