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| Fungi | plural for fungus |
| Fungus | singular, one fungi |
| eukaryote | made of complex cells |
| hyphae | threadlike filaments |
| cell wall | an added structure that is found near the cell membrane |
| mycologist | a person who studies fungi |
| fungi lack | chlorophyll so they are not plantlike |
| fungi get | their food by secreting digestive juices onto something dead and abosrb the digested materials through their hyphae |
| Fungi reproduce | sexually and through spores |
| There are 3 groups of fungi | threadlike, sac and club fungi |
| threadlike fungi | produce spores in cases at the end of their hyphae |
| rhizoids | rootlike hyphae |
| Sac fungi | largest group, single celled, |
| yeast | a sac fungi |
| mold | a sac fungi |
| mildew | a sac fungi |
| budding | when one celled fungi break off and form new single celled fungi |
| Mushrooms | Club fungi |
| spores | sex cells for fungi |
| spore cases | hold spores in thresdlike fungi |
| morels | edible mushrooms |
| mildew | plant parasites |
| truffles | edible mushrooms |
| yeast | use fermentation to get energy, give off carbondioxide |
| blue green molds | grows on other living things |
| Dutch elm disease | disease in trees |
| Athlete's foot fungus | disease caused by fungus on humans |
| rusts and smuts | club fungi that cause plant diseases |
| gills | contain spores |
| cap | large top of a mushroom |
| stalk | the stem of a mushroom |
| Imperfect fungi | has no sexual reproductive cycle |
| penicillin | antibiotic used to kill bacteria |
| flavors cheeses | imperfect fungi |
| Lichens | a cross between a fungi and algae. They live together and help each other survive. |
| Lichens can | grow in places that neither fungi or algae can live alone. |
| Slime molds | funguslike have no chlorophyll but can move |
| Alexander Fleming | discovered penicillin |
