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Biology: Kingdom Fungi
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Biology
11th Grade
11/28/2009
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Term
Characteristics of Fungi
 Definition
  • Eukaryotic
  • cell wall
    • made of chitin
  • heterotrophic
    • depends on other organisms
    • digested externally then abosrbed
  • multicellular
    • except yeast
Term
Structure: Hyphae
 Definition
Filaments
Term
Structure: crosswalls
 Definition
Fungi may or may not have them and they seperate nuclei.
Term
Structure: mycelium
 Definition
  • Many hyphae tangled into a thick mass
  • covers large area
  • designed to absorb food
Term
Structure: fruiting body
 Definition
Reproductive structure that grows from mycelium
Term
Spores
 Definition
Produced from sporangia from sporangiasphores. They are capable of growing into new organisms by mitosis
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