While working in a plant disease diagnostic lab, you receive a sample of a very dead tomato plant.  The plant has rotted roots and the symptoms match known fungal and oomycete diseases of tomatoes.  Explain one difference between true fungi and oomycetes that you could observe to determine what type of organism is killing the tomatoes?

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