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Lesson 14 terms Flashcards

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Ascoma

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the fruiting body of the sac fungi

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Ascus

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Ascus

the sac where spores are formed

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Basidiospores

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released in the air and germinate producing plus or minus mating types

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Cap

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The fruiting body of the club fungi includes

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Conidia

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spores produced at the tip of the hyphae in conidiophores

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Conidiophores

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produce conidia

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Dikaryotic hyphae

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two nuclei per cell, one from each mating type

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Fragmentation

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occurs when fragments of hyphae split off and form new colonies

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Fruiting body

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The reproductive structure of a fungus that produces spores

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Gills

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The fruiting body of the club fungi includes

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Hyphae

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filaments that make up the body of a fungus

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monokaryotic hyphae

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hyphae which are comprised of a cell with a single nucleus

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Mycelia

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masses of intertwined hyphae

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14
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Osmotrophy

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the process by which fungi absorb nutrients through their cell membranes

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Phylum ascomycota

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sac fungi; responsible for serious plant diseases like the Dutch elm disease and chestnut blight

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Rhizoids

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a root like structure; grows into the food source and consume the food via external digestion

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Saprophytes eat

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eat decaying leaves and plant matter

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Septate

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fungi with hyphae divided into individual cells by cell walls

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non-septate

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fungi with multiple nuclei in one big hyphae

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Sporangiophore

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specialized hyphae where sporangia are found

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Sporangium

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spore capsule

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Stipe

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The fruiting body of the club fungi includes

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Stolon

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hyphae that spread out in search of a food source

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Zygosporangium

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a sporangium in which zygospores are produced

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Zygospore

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a special type of spore for developing zygotes

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