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Question

A teacher instructs his class look at "moldy" orange peels under magnifying glasses. One of the students notes that the mold looks like a collection of "threads" (almost like a mop splayed out on the floor). Each of these threads would be considered a(n) _____.

A. Chordate
B. Annelid
C. Hypha
D. Chitin

Answer 1

C. Hypha

Step-by-step explanation:

A fungus is a heterotrophic eukaryote and has chitinous cell walls. The fungal body usually in the form of mycelium. Mycelium is composed of branched, thread-like hyphae. Hypha refers to one of the several threadlike filaments that together make an entangled mass called the mycelium of a water mold or fungus. A hypha may be coenocytic or septate. A coenocytic hypha does not have septa and has multiple nuclei.

According to the observation, the collection of the thread was observed which in turn represents the mycelium of the mold and each thread represents hypha.