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hyphae   a mass of many celled thread like tubes  
saprophytes   organisms that obtain food by absorbing dead or decaying tissues of other organisms  
spore   a waterproof reproductive cell that can grow into a new organism  
basidium   a club shaped spore  
ascus   a little saclike spore  
budding   a form of asexual reproduction in which a new organism forms on the side of a parent organism  
sporangium   a round spore case  
lichen   an organism that is made of a fungus and either a green alga or a cynobacterium  
mycorrhizae   a network of hyphae and roots  
algae   plantlike protist  
flagellum   a long, thin, whiplike structure used for movement  
cilia   short, threadlike structures that extend from the cell membrane  
protist   a one- or many celled organism that lives in moist or wet surroundings  
protozoan   one-celled, animal-like protists  
pseudopod   temporary extentions of the organisms cytoplasm(it meens "false foot")  


   


 

 

 

 

 

 
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