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Fungi
Biol 211 Fungi
| Answer | Question |
|---|---|
| absorptive | fungal mode of nutrition |
| saprobes | descrition for 'decomposers' |
| mutualism | symbiotic relationship with plants |
| chitin | material in fungal cell walls |
| hyphae | fungal filaments |
| septa | cell-walls containing pores dividing hyphae into individual cells |
| aseptate | description for hyphae without septa |
| myecelium | mass of hyphae that acts as a feeding network |
| Plasmogamy | union of the cytoplasm of two parent mycelia |
| heterokaryon | description of an organism with two different nuclei |
| dikaryotic | description for having unfused nuclei (N+N) |
| Karyogamy | haploid nuclei fuse to produce 2N cells |
| asexual | type of reproduction where DNA content doesn't change |
| imperfect | fungi which have no sexual stages |
| Zygomycetes | molds |
| Ascomycetes | sac fungi |
| Basidiomycetes | club fungus |
| coenocytic | Another name for aseptate hyphae |
| lichen | fungal symbiosis with algae or cyanobacteria |
| ascospores | type of spores produced by sexual reproduction in Ascomycetes |
| Asci | Sacs produced by cells at tips of N+N hyphae |
| Ascocarp | place where zygote forms in Ascomycetes |
| Basidiocarp | "the mushroom" formed by dikaryotic hyphae |
| Basidia | Place where basidiospores are produced by meiosis |
| ectomycorrhizae | Hyphae that form mats that cover the plant’s roots |
| endomycorrhizae | Hyphae that go inside cortical cells of roots |