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Chapter 20
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Chitin | flexible polysaccharide tht is found in the cell walls of all fungi. |
| Hypha | multicellular fungus. |
| mycellium | hyphae grow at their tips and branch repeatedly to form a net like mass. |
| fruiting body | reproductive structure. |
| spetum | cross walls. |
| Haustorium | specialized parasitic hyphae. |
| spore | A reproductive haploid cell with a hard outer coat that develop into a new organism. |
| Sporangium | a sac or case in which spoered are produced |
| Stolon | molds that form a type of hyphae |
| Rhizoid | another type of hyphae that penetrates food and absorbs nutrients. |
| gametangium | a reproductive structure that contains a haploid nucleus. |
| conidophore | a spore producing hyphae. |
| ascocarp | a hyphae with a specialized reproductive structure. |
| ascus | a saclike structure. |
| ascospore | spores that are produced by ascus. |
| basidiocarp | The mycelium periodically reprodces sexually by forming this. |
| basidium | the underside of the cap, club shaped hyphae that produce spores. |
| basidospore | the haploid spores releases by basidia during reproduction. |
| lichen | A symbiotic relationship between a fungus and an alga or a photosynthetic partner. |
| bionindicator | |
| mycorrhiza |