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| fungicide | a substance that kills fungi |
| fungus (pl. fungi) | a plantlike organism that has no chlorophyll and cannot produce its own food; reproduces asexually from spores or by budding |
| gills | the radiating plates on the underside of a mushroom cap; location of spore production |
| hypha (pl. hyphae) | the long, slender threads that make up the body of a fungus |
| leaf | one of the flat green parts of a plant that grows from the stem; captures energy from the sun, manufactures food, and exchanges oxygen and carbon dioxide |
| medium (pl. media) | a nutrient-containing substance on which a culture, such as mold, can grow |
| mold | a type of fungus that appears as a woolly growth |
| mycelia (s. mycelium) | the vegetative part of a fungus, consisting of one or more interwoven hyphae |
| photosynthesis | the process by which green plants capture the energy of sunlight and manufacture food; carbon dioxide and water are used up and oxygen is given off |
