hypha

English Thesaurus

1. any of the threadlike filaments forming the mycelium of a fungus (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	fibril, filament, strand,
definition	:	a very slender natural or synthetic fiber (noun.substance)

hyponym	:	conidiophore,
definition	:	a specialized fungal hypha that produces conidia (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	rhizomorph,
definition	:	a dense mass of hyphae forming a root-like structure characteristic of many fungi (noun.plant)

part meronym	:	mycelium,
definition	:	the vegetative part of a fungus consisting of a mass of branching threadlike hyphae (noun.plant)