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Friendly Bio. Ch 20
Vocabulary Terminology for Chapter 20 in Friendly Biology
Question or Term | Answer or Definition |
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Saprophytes | Means they live off of dead organisms and are fungi. |
Fungi | Are known as decomposers. |
Crosswalls | In their hyphae are how the fungi are categorized. |
Hyphae | Can be considered to be like roots which grow through the substance being eaten by the fungus. |
Sexually and Asexually | Are how fungi can reproduce. |
Division zygomycota | Are fungi that have no crosswalls in their hyphae such as the common black bread mold. |
Division Basidiomycota | Are fungi that have crosswalls in their hyphae such as mushrooms. |
Division Ascomycota | Are fungi that have crosswalls with holes or perforations. |
Morels & Bread yeast, which are members of Division Ascomycota, | Reproduce through the use of asci or sacs which produce ascspores. |
Division Deuteromycota | Have reproductive cycles not yet fully understood. |
Athlete’s foot fungus, fungus used to create penicillin, and those that are used to flavor cheeses | belong to Division Deuteromycota. |