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SC; Fungus & Protist
Fungus and Protist definitions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| one- or many-celled organism that lives in moist or wet surroundings | protists |
| plantlike protists | algae |
| a long, thin, whiplike structure used | flagellum |
| one-celled, animal like protist | protozoan |
| short, threadlike structures that extend from the cell membrane | cilia |
| temporary extensions of the cytoplasm | pseudopod |
| process in which plants produce food & energy from light | photosynthesis |
| The body of fungus usually a many-celled, threadlike tube | hyphae |
| waterproof reproductive cell that grows into a living organism | spore |
| club shaped, spore producing structure | basidium |
| spore producing, little saclike structure | ascus |
| form of asexual reproduction in which a new organism grown on the side of the parent | budding |
| round spore case | sporangium |
| organism made of fungus and a green algo or cyanobacterium | lichen |
| network of hyphae | mycorrhizae |
| rootlike filaments that anchor the mushroom to the soil. | mycelium |
| organisms that obtaim food by absorbing tissue from other dead organisms | saprophytes |
| visible part of fungi | fruiting body |
| club fungi | Phylum Basidiomycota |
| sac fungi | Phylum Ascomycota |
| Zygote or other fungi | Phylum Zygomycota |
| Scientific name for bread mold | rhizopus stolonifer |
| fungi; PorS? | Singular |
| hyphae; PorS? | Plural |
| basidium; PorS? | Singular |
| flagellum; PorS? | Singular |