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| Fungus | A eukaryotic organism that has cell walls, uses spores to reproduce and is a heterotroph that feeds by absorbing its food |
| Hyphae | The branching, threadlike tubes that make up the bodies of multicellular fungi |
| Spore | A tiny cell that is able to grow into a new organism |
| Budding | A form of asexual reproduction of yeast in which a new cell grows out of the body of a parent |
| Symbiosis | A close relationship between two organisms in which at least one of the organisms benefits |
| Decomposer | An organism that breaks down chemicals from dead organisms and returns important materials to the soil and water |
| Sexual Reproduction | A reproductive process that involves two parents that combine their genetic materials to produce a new organism |
| Asexual Reproduction | A reproductive process that involves only one parent and produces offspring that are identical to the parent |
| Fruiting Body | The reporductive structure of a fungus that contains many hyphae and produces spores |
| Lichen | The combination of a fungus and either an alga or an autotrophic bacterium that live together in a mututalistic relationship |
| Mutualism | A type of symbiosis in which both partners benefit from living together |
