Generalised Life Cycle and Growth

After spore dispersal, each grows into a haploid (strands of genetic material) mycelium with one nucleus per cell and in called a monokaryotic mycelium. In the right conditions the two types + & -, will meet and fuse to form a diakaryotic mycelium, sharing two nucleii in each cell. It will then envelop a young beech, oak seedling and begin its long life of symbiosis, some will live as long as the tree.