Fungal mycelia can become visible to the naked eye, for example, on various surfaces and substrates, such as damp walls and on spoiled food, where they are commonly called molds.
Mycelia grown on solid agar media in laboratory petri dishes are usually referred to as colonies.
These colonies can exhibit growth shapes and colors (due to spores or pigmentation) that can be used as diagnostic features in the identification of species or groups.
The apothecium—a specialized structure important in sexual reproduction in the ascomycetes—is a cupshaped fruiting body that holds the hymenium, a layer of tissue containing the sporebearing cells.
The fruiting bodies of the basidiomycetes (basidiocarps) and some ascomycetes can sometimes grow very large, and many are well known as mushrooms.
halo, I want to ask, the pictures on your blog are taken from the book fungi? if I may know the title of the book?
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