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Biology: Kingdom Fungi
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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