| A | B |
|---|
| nonvascular | no transportation tubes (vessels or veins) to carry food and water |
| Fungi | nonvascular, plant-LIKE organisms that have no chlorophyll are all in this kingdom |
| autotrophic | an organism that CAN make its own food by photosynthesis |
| heterotrophic | an organism that CANNOT make its own food by photosynthesis |
| parasitic | an organism that feeds off of another LIVING organism |
| saprophytic | an organism that feeds off of DEAD organisms |
| mold fungi | the subgroup in the Fungi Kingdom that includes penicillin, bread molds, and mildews |
| club fungi | the subgroup in the Fungi Kingdom that includes mushrooms, puffballs, and bracket fungi |
| sac fungi | the subgroup of the Fungi Kingdom that includes yeasts, morels, truffles, and cup fungi |
| hyphae | fine, root-LIKE threads of fungi that do the digesting of whatever food (live or dead organism) that fungus is growing on |
| fruiting body | the visible part of most fungi (the upper part that is designed for reproduction) |
| spores | tiny reproductive cells that can each grow into a new organism |
| gills | membranes under a mushroom's cap where the spores are held until they mature and drop out |
| cap | top part of a mushroom's fruiting body |
| stalk | stem-like lower part supporting a mushroom's fruiting body |
| budding | although all fungi reproduce by spores, yeasts can also reproduce by this method |
| yeast | common unicellular fungi |
| cell respiration | sugar + oxygen = water + carbon dioxide; all cells do this in their mitochondria to release energy from food molecules; this is the process that the yeast cells did in the rootbeer, creating the fizz |
| fermentation | in the absence of oxygen, the cell respiration of yeast results in alcohol released instead of water; this is called _____ |
| enzymes | the hyphae of fungi produce these to digest the food they are growing on; can also break down rock material |
| lichens | organisms that are a fungus and algae living together symbiotically |
| symbiosis | when two organisms live together and help each other in some way |
| moisture | in a lichen the fungi provides this for the algae |
| food | in a lichen, the algae provides this for the fungi |
| Penicillin notatum | A mold-type fungus that provides a valuable antibiotic |
| spore cases | Without a microscope, these fruiting bodies of a mold look like fluffy cotton |
