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Fungal Keywords
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Fungi | A eukariotic organism that has cell walls, uses spores to reproduce, and is a heterotroph that feeds by absorbing its food. |
| Hyphae | The branching, threadlike tubes that make up the bodies of multicellular fungi. |
| Fruiting Body | The reproductive structure of a fungus that contains many hyphae and produces spores. |
| Budding | A form of asexual reporduction of yeast in which a new cell grows out of the body of a parent. |
| Lichen | The combonation of a fungus and either an alga or an autotrophic bacterium that live together in a mutualistic relationship. |