| A | B |
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| lichen | symbiotic association between a fungus and a photosynthetic partner such as a green algae, a cyanobacteria, or both |
| endomycorrhizae | mycorrhizae in which the fungal hyphae penetrate the outer cells of the roots |
| ectomycorrhizae | mycorrhizae that do not physically penetrate plant roots but wrap around them |
| ascocarp | compact mass of hyphae constituting the reproductive structure in Ascomycota |
| ascus | sac that forms on the surface of an ascocarp in which haploid spores are formed |
| basidium | club shaped sexual reprocuctive structure that forms on the gills of basidiomycetes |
| chitin | tough carbohydrate found in many fungi and in the exoskeletons of all arthropods |
| dikaryon | a cell that contains a pair of nuclei that stem from different parent cells |
| dikaryotic | in fungi, condition in which two nuclei are present in each cell |
| hypha | slender filament that is part of the body of a multicellular fungus |
| fungi imperfecti | a group of fungi in which sexual reproduction has not been observed; also known as Deuteromycota |
| mycelium | mass of hyphae forming the body of a fungus |
| septa | in fungi a wall like division between cells within a hypha |
| yeast | common name given to unicellular ascomycetes |
| zygosporangia | thick walled sexual structure that characterizes members of the phylum zygomycota |
