The vegetative growth form in a great majority of the fungi consists of a system of thread-like, walled, more or less cylindrical, hyphae (singular --hypha) making up what is called a mycelium (plural--mycelia). Some have a single celled vegetative form called a yeast.

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Hyphae and yeasts can be seen (when abundant) commonly in contaminated foods.