| A | B |
| Extracellular digestion | Digestion that takes place outside of the cell |
| Mycelium | The part of the fungus responsible for extracellular digestion and absorption of the digested food |
| Hypha | A filament of fungal cells |
| Rhizoid hypha | A hypha that is imbedded in the material on which the fungus grows |
| Aerial hypha | A hypha that is not imbedded in the material upon which the fungus grows |
| Sporophore | Specialized aerial hypha that produces spores |
| Stolon | An aerial hypha that asexually reproduces to make more filaments |
| Haustorium | A hypha of a parasitic fungus that enters the host's cells, absorbing nutrition directly from the cytoplasm |
| Chitin | A chemical that provides both toughness and flexibility |
| Membrane | A thin covering of tissue |
| Fermentation | The anaerobic breakdown of sugars into smaller molecules |
| Zygospore | A zygote surrounded by a hard, protective covering |
| Zygote | The result of sexual reproduction when each parent contributes half of the DNA necessary for the offspring |
| Antibiotic | A chemical secreted by a living organism that kills or reduces the reproduction rate of other organisms |