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Fungi
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
05/30/2012

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chytrid
Definition
Fungus that makes flagellated spores.
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club fungi
Definition
Fungi that have septate hyphae and produce spores by meiosis in club–shaped cells.
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dikaryotic
Definition
Having two genetically distinct nuclei (n + n).
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fungus
Definition
Eukaryotic heterotroph with cell walls of chitin; obtains nutrients by digesting food outside the body and absorbing them.
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glomeromycete
Definition
Fungus with hyphae that grow inside the wall of a plant root cell.
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hypha
Definition
Component of a fungal mycelium; a filament made up of cells arranged end to end.
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lichen
Definition
Composite organisms, consisting of a fungus and a single–celled alga or a cyanobacterium.
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mutualism
Definition
Species interaction that benefits both species.
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mycelium
Definition
Mass of threadlike filaments (hyphae) that make up the body of a multicelled fungus.
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mycorrhiza
Definition
Mutually beneficial partnership between a fungus and a plant root.
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predation
Definition
One species captures, kills, and eats another.
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sac fungi
Definition
Most diverse fungal group; sexual reproduction produces ascospores inside a saclike structure (an ascus).
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saprobe
Definition
Organism that feeds on wastes and remains.
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zygote fungus
Definition
Fungus that forms a zygospore during sexual reproduction.
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