Linklike

The thallus may be one (Plate I, A–C, F) or few-celled, often linklike (Plate I, D, I) and monophagous, or may be segmented and hyphalike (Plate I, E, L) and extend through many host cells.

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Maybe men sensed this linklike closeness, mother linked to daughter, daughter linked to mother, daughter, mother, daughter, mother, daughter stretching back through time, forward through time, linked on a single pulsing cord from one end of eternity to the other.

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Ribbon lightning looks like parallel streaks of bright light, while chain lightning is a flash that forms a series of linklike streaks as it fades.

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