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What are hyphae?

What are hyphae? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. plural of hypha
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The mychorrhizal fungi live on the roots and physically extend the plant's reach for nutrients and water with hairlike tentacles called hyphae.
Within these putrescent pools, black pycniospores fuse to form hyphae growing toward the opposite leaf surface.
In addition, many fungi are able to parasitize spores, sclerotia, or hyphae of other fungi, resulting in biocontrol.
These mated cells can grow in filamentous form with meiosis occurring at the terminal cell of the hyphae.
Fungi of this genus produce characteristic darkly pigmented, septate hyphae or conidia.
Candida species are polymorphic and can form colonies containing budding yeasts, pseudohyphae, and true hyphae.

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