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hyphaes are aggregations of haploid cells from multicellular fungi, but don't fungi have spores too? wouldnt they serve the same purpose? is a hyphae just fungi-specific synonym for a sporophyte, or is there a more concrete difference between a hyphae and a sporophyte?
Spores are lighter and far more resilient to damage, which allows them to travel farther once liberated from the mycellium. Hyphae is a type of structure of cells, where is sporophyte describes a type of organism, most fungi are sporophytes but not all since some fungi rely on animals to carry tissue from the myc to another habitat for propagation. Spores are more like a seed and hyphae is growth from said seed, the hyphae can replicate itself if a piece of tissue is seperated from the main body. Spores were just more likely to survive so most species of fungi favored that trait.Generally when you see hyphae growth it is from a diploid and not haploid myc since fungi growth while in a haploid form is mostly limited to growth of a single hyphae strand to search out for a compatible haploid hyphae so it can become a diploid capable of reproduction.