THE leaf-clearing method described here was designed to observe fungal hyphæ on oak leaves from litter, and to differentiate hyphæ inside the leaf from those on the surface.

Fungal hyphae may be small and operating at the microscopic scale ... Around one millimetre in length, they can be found in moss clumps or wet soil and can be seen under a microscope. Tardigrades can ...

Mechanically sensitive proteins called gellins sense and respond to protoplasm flowing out of severed hyphae, quickly sealing up injuries in these root-like structures of fungi. Viviane was a ...