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Fungi Quiz
Question | Answer |
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Fungus/fungi | Multicellular (except for yeast), eukaryote, decomposing organisms, usually found in warm, moist places, reproduces w/ spores |
Mycologist | Branch of botany that deals w/ fungus |
Decomposer | An organism that breaks down large chemicals from dead organisms into small chemicals and returns important materials to the soil and water |
Organic matter | any material that IS LIVING or was ONCE LIVING |
Enzyme | Chemicals used to break down food/organic matter into simpler substances |
Hypha(e) | one of many branching, threadlike tubes that make up the body of most fungus |
Mycelium | the network of hyphae that grows INTO the organic material being decomposed (makes up the bulk of the organism) |
Fruiting body | the reproductive hypha of a fungus |
Spore | a tiny cell that is able to grow into a new organism |
budding | a form of asexual reproduction of yeast in which a new yeast cell grows out of the body of a parent |
parasite | an organism that lives on or in a host and causes harm to the host |
symbiosis | a close relationship between two organisms in which at least one organism benefits |
mutualism | a type of symbiosis in which both partners benefit from living together |
licken | mix of 1 fungus and 1 algae |