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Mycelium cord '- a bundle of parallel hyphae of fungus, clearly different in its structure and complexity from the remaining hyphae. The hyphae forming the outer layer of the mycelium rope are thin and thick-walled. They have a diameter of 2-4 μm, very low cellular light, and in their cell wall there is usually calcium oxalate. Internal hyphae, so-called the vascular hyphae are wide, thick-walled, and empty inside (without cytoplasm).
Mycelium cords have the ability to conduct carbohydrates and nitrate ions. Probably the factor that initiates the formation of mycelial cords is the availability of nitrogen. It was observed that they arise when nitrate ions are present in the substrate, but they do not appear in the substrate containing ammonium ions.
Ryzomorphs are a more complex structure than mycelial cords. Sometimes they are identified with mycelial cords.
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