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The hyphae of Rhizopus are A)Unbranched, aseptate and uninucleate B)Branched, septate and uninucleate C)Unbranched, aseptate and multinucleate D)Unbranched, septate and coenocytic

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The hyphae of Rhizopus are D) Unbranched, septate, and coenocytic.

Rhizopus is a genus of fungi that belongs to the class Zygomycetes. The hyphae of Rhizopus are typically long, thread-like structures that are unbranched (not divided into smaller branches), septate (divided by crosswalls or septa), and coenocytic (containing multiple nuclei within a continuous cytoplasmic mass). This coenocytic nature means that the hyphal cells of Rhizopus do not have distinct cell walls separating them internally, and they contain multiple nuclei in a shared cytoplasm.