hypha

From New Latin hypha, from Ancient Greek ὑφή (huphḗ, “web”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaɪfə/
• Homophone: Haifa

hypha (plural hyphae)

1. (mycology) Any of the long, threadlike filaments that form the mycelium of a fungus.
   • 2018, Richard Powers, The Overstory, Vintage (2019), page 272:

     She lays out how fungal hyphae—countless miles of filaments folded up in every spoon of soil—coax open tree roots and tap into them.

• hyphal
• hyphoid
• pseudohypha