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Biology
Fungi
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Biology
9th Grade
04/17/2012

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Term
hypha
Definition
threadlike filaments that are the basic structural units of a multicellular fungus
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mycelium
Definition
the elongated hyphae at the tips that branch out and form a network of filaments
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chitin
Definition
the complex carbohydrate that most fungi contain
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haustoria
Definition
specialized hypha which pentrate and grow into host cells with out killing them
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budding
Definition
a form of asexual reproduction in which mitosis takes place and a new individual grows out
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sporangium
Definition
a sac or case in which spores are produced
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zygospore
Definition
thick-walled spores that are adapted towithstand unfavorable conditions
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ascus
Definition
the little saclike structures in the fungi in which the sexual spores develop
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ascospore
Definition
the spores that are produced inside the ascus; take on many differnt forms
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basidium
Definition
the club-shaped hyphae that are spore-producing cells of basidiomycotes
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basidiospore
Definition
the basidia spores that are produced during sexual reproduction
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mycorrhiza
Definition
a symbiotic relationship in which a fungus lives in close contact with the roots of a plant partner
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lichen
Definition
a symbiotic association between a fungus and a green alga or cyanobacterium
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