| A | B |
|---|
| chitin | carbohydrate found in the cell walls of fungi |
| hypha | tiny filaments making up fungi |
| mycelium | many hyphae tangled together in a mass |
| fruiting body | reproductive structure of fungus that develops from the mycelium |
| saprobe | obtains food from decaying organic matter |
| lichen | symbiotic relationship between a fungus & photosynthetic organism |
| mycorrhiza | symbiotic association of fungi and plant roots |
| Zygomycete | Common molds |
| rhizoids | rootlike hypha that penetrates the surface of an object |
| stolons | stemlike hypha that runs along the surface of an object |
| Ascomycete | Sac fungi; yeasts; largest phylum |
| budding | asexual reproduction of yeasts |
| Basidiomycete | Club fungi; mushrooms |
| Deuteromycete | imperfect fungi; life cycles are not known |
| sporangium | produce spores |
| sporangiophore | specialized hyphae where sporangia are found |
| zygospore | resting spore that contains zygotes |
| gametagium | gamete forming structure in zygomycetes |
| conidium | spore that forms at the tips of hyphae in ascomycetes |
| ascus | structure in fruting body of ascomycetes; 2 nuclei fuse here |
| ascospore | haploid spore produced in ascomycetes |
| basidium | spore-bearing structure in basidiomycetes |
| basidiospore | spore in basidiomycetes that produces mycelia |
