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Lect7 Bld3
Fungi and Animals
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Biology
Undergraduate 2
07/31/2009

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hypha

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(plural, hyphae) (hī′-fuh, hī′-fē) One of many connected filaments that collectively make up the mycelium of a fungus.

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mycelium

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(mī-sē′-lē-um) The densely branched network of hyphae in a fungus.
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chitin

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(kī′-tin) A structural polysaccharide, consisting of amino sugar monomers, found in many fungal cell walls and in the exoskeletons of all arthropods.
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septum

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(plural, septa) One of the cross-walls that divide a fungal hypha into cells. Septa generally have pores large enough to allow ribosomes, mitochondria, and even nuclei to flow from cell to cell.

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coenocytic fungus

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(sē′-no-si′-tic) A fungus that lacks septa and hence whose body is made up of a continuous cytoplasmic mass that may contain hundreds or thousands of nuclei.

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