| A | B |
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| Chitin | complex carbohydrate that makes up the cell walls of fungi |
| hypha | tiny filament that makes up a multicellular fungus or a water mold |
| mycelium | many hyphae tangle together into a thick mass;comprises the bodies of multicellular fungi |
| fruiting body | slender reproductive structure that produces spores and is found in some fungus like protists |
| sporangium | structure in ferns and some fungi that contain spores |
| sporangiophore | specialized hyphae were sporigia are found |
| zygospore | resting spore that contains zygotes formed during the sexual phase of a mold's life cycle |
| rhizoid | creeping or underground stem in ferns |
| stolon | in fungi, a stemlike hypha that runs along the surface of an object |
| gametangium | gamete-producing structure found in mold |
| conidium | tiny fungal spore that forms at the tips of specialized hyphae in ascomycetes |
| ascus | structure within the fruiting body of an ascomycete in which two nuclei of diffrent mating types fuse |
| ascospore | haploid spore produced within the ascus of ascomycetes |
| budding | asexual process by which yeasts increase in number; process of attaching a bud to a plant to produce a new branch |
| basidium | spore-bearing structure of a basidiomycete |
| basidiospore | spore in basidiomycetes that germinates to produce haploid primary mycelia |
| saprobe | organism that obtains food from decaying organic matter |
| lichen | symbiotic association between a fungus and a photosynthesis organism |
| mycorrhiza | symbiotic association of a plant roots and fungi |
