Somatic hyphae

The lifestage at which a fungus lives, grows, and develops, gathering nutrients and energy. The lifestage at which a fungus lives, grows, and develops, gathering nutrients and energy. The fungi uses this stage to proliferate itself through asexually created mitotic spores. Cycles through somatic hyphae, zoosporangium, zoospores, encystation & germination, and back to somatic hyphae.