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| Mycology | The study of Fungi. |
| heterotrophs | Organisms that do not make their own food thus get their food from other organisms. |
| saprophytes | Heterotrophs that get their nurishment from dead, organic matter. |
| dimorphism | In mycology, these fungi can change from their hyphae form to a cellular form. |
| hyphae | slender filaments that interweave to form a fungal body. |
| chitin | a cell wall component that is found in fungi instead of cellulose. |
| spores | A cell with a hard protective covering (seed like) that can produce a new organism. |
| external digestion | An organism like fungi that excrete an enzyme to breakdown matter into an absorbable form. |
