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Holt Biology Chapter 22 Vocabulary
Vocabulary on Fungi
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Biology
10th Grade
04/12/2012

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chitin
Definition
the tough polysaccharide found in the hard outer covering of insects.
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hypha
Definition
the slender nonreproductive filaments that make up the bodies of all fungus except yeasts
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mycelium
Definition
the tangled mass formed when hyphae grow and branch
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zygosporangia
Definition
thick-walled sexual structures that the members of the phylum Zygomycota are named for.
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stolon
Definition
the hypha of some fungi that gives rise to new individuals; the fungus that grows on the surface of something like bread.
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rhizoid
Definition
the hypha that anchors the fungus in the bread.
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ascus
Definition
the sac-like structure in which haploid spores are formed.
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yeast
Definition
the common name given to unicellular ascomycetes
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budding
Definition
asexual reproduction in which part of the parent organism pinches off and forms a new organism
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basidium
Definition
the club-shaped sexual reproductive structure for which the basidiomycetes are named.
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mycorrhizae
Definition
a mutualistic relashonship between vascular plant roots and fungi.
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lichens
Definition
a symbiosis between a fungus and a photosynthetic partner
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