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Chapter 8 Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Protist | Any of numerous eukaryotic organisms that are not fungi, plants, or animals and are chiefly unicellular or colonial |
| Algae | A simple nonflowering plant of a large group that includes the seaweeds and many single-celled forms |
| Diatom | A single-celled alga that has a cell wall of silica |
| Protozoan | A single-celled microscopic animal of a group of phyla of the kingdom Protista |
| Cilia | A short, microscopic, hairlike vibrating structure |
| Paramecium | A single-celled freshwater animal that has a characteristic slipperlike shape and is covered with cilia |
| Amoeba | A single-celled animal that catches food and moves about by extending fingerlike projections of protoplasm |
| Pseudopod | A temporary protrusion of the protoplasm |
| Hyphea | Each of the branching filaments that make up the mycelium of a fungus |
| Mycelium | The vegetative part of a fungus |
| Basidium | A microscopic, club-shaped spore-bearing structure produced by certain fungi |
| Ascus | A sac, typically cylindrical in shape, in which the spores of ascomycete fungi develop |
| Zygosporangia | A sporangium in which zygospores are produced |
| Lichen | A simple slow-growing plant |
| Mycorrhizae | A fungus that grows in association with the roots of a plant in a symbiotic or mildly pathogenic relationship |
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