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Biology
Kingdom Fungi
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Extracellelar digestion | digestion that takes place outside of the cell |
| Mycelium | the part of the fungus responsible for extracellular digestion and absorption of the digested food |
| Hypha | a filament of fungal cells |
| Rhizoid hypha | a hypha that is imbedded in the material on which the fungus grows |
| Aerial hypha | a hypha that produces spores |
| Stolon | an aerial hypha that asexually reproduces to make more filaments |
| Haustorium | a hypha of a parasitic fungus that enters the host's cells, absorbing nutrition directly from the cytoplasm |
| Chitin | a chemical that provides both toughness and flexibility |
| Membrane | thin covering of tissue |
| Fermentation | an anaerobic breakdown of sugars into smaller molecules |
| Zygospore | a zygote surrounded by a hard protective covering |
| Zygote | the result of sexual reproduction when each parent contributes half of the DNA necessary for the offspring |
| Antibiotic | a chemical secreted by a living organism that kills or reduces the reproduction rate of other organisms |