A symplastless branch is a branch that no longer maintains a symplast.  Thus the term symplastless.  Some refer to it as a dead mass when in all honesty, it can be made up of many fungi cells, other microorganisms and insects.

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Image Source - TREES, ASSOCIATES, and SHIGO (2 CD set).

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