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fungi 7.4
fungi
Question | Answer |
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What characteristics do fungi share? | eukaryotes that have cell walls, heterotrophs that feed by absorbing their food, and use spores to reproduce |
How do fungi reproduce? | by making spores. The lightweight spores are surrounded by a protective covering and can be carried easily through air or water to new sites. |
What roles do fungi play in nature? | provides food for people, decomposers and recyclers on Earth. some cause disease while others fight disease. some live in symbiosis with other organisms |
hyphae | braching, 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 reproduction of yeast in which a new cell grows out of the body of a parent |
lichen | The combination of a fungus and either an alga or an autotrophic bacterium that live together in a mutualistic relationship. |