| Term | Definition |
| Extracellular digestion | Digestion that takes place outside of the cell. |
| Rhizoids hypha | Hypha that is Imbedded in the materiel upon which the fungus grows |
| Stolon | Aerial hypha that asexually reproduce to make more filaments. |
| Fermentation | Anaerobic breakdown of sugars into the smaller molecules. |
| Hypha | A filament of fungal cells. |
| Saprophytic | Feeding on the remains of dead organisms. |
| Parasitic | Feeding on the living host |
| Chitin | A chemical that provides both toughness and flexibility. |
| Rhizoids hypha | Are responsible for supporting the fungus and digesting food. |
| Aerial hypha | Is not imbedded in the material upon which the fungus grows. |
| Sporophore | Specialized aerial hypha that produces spores. |
| Basidomycota | Form sexual spores on clublike basida. |
| Ascomycota | Form sexual spores in saclike asci. |
| Zygomycota | Form sexual spores where hypha fuse. |
| Chytridiomycota | Form spores with flagella. |
| Deuteromycota | Fungi with no known method of sexual reproduction. |
| Myxomycota | Fungi that look like Protozoa for much of their lives. |
| Veins | Thin membrane to protect the spores until the mushroom is mature. |
| Cap | To protect the gills and spores. |
| Gills | Are to hold the spores, the microscopic âseedsâ of the mushroom. |
| Stem | To attach the important stuff-for the plants, or fungus, to reproduce parts of growth. |
| Bread mold #1: | Asexually reproduce whenâs stolon lengthens and forms new filaments. |
| Bread mold #2: | Asexual reproduction involves the production of sporangia that release spores. |
| Bread mold #3: | Hypha can fuse together sexually reproduce to form a zygosphore that can then mature into another fungus. |
| Symbiotic | Form between fungi and plant relationship. |
