Biology Final Ch 18
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- mycorrhizae
- symbiotic relationships between fungal hyphae and plant roots
- zygosporangium
- thick-walled reproductive structure formed from the fusion of the cytoplasm of the mycelia of two neighboring fungi
- spore
- haploid single cell with a thick wall that functions in the dispersal stage in fungal reproduction
- mycelium
- interwoven mat of hyphae that functions as the feeding structure of a fungus
- absorptive nutrition
- method by which fungi absorb small organic molecules from their surroundings
- dikaryotic
- having two haploid nuclei per cell, one from each parent, in a fungal mycelium
- sporangia
- spore-forming structures at the tips of fungal hyphae
- imperfect fungi
- informal category of fungi with no known sexual stage of reproduction
- hypha
- a thread of cytoplasm; many hyphae together make up the body of a fungus
- lichen
- mutualistic pairing of a fungus and an alga
- yeast
- unicellular fungus that inhabits liquid or moist habitats, including plant sap and animal tissues
- fruiting body
- aboveground reproductive structure of a fungus
- mold
- fungus that grows very rapidly on a surface