| A | B |
| Saprophytic fungi | break down dead matter for food |
| Commensal fungi | form a partnership with roots of plants |
| parasitic fungi | get food from host and harm the host |
| chitin | material in cell walls of fungi |
| mycelium | the large mass / branching structure of the fungi (kind of like roots) |
| hyphae | the fuzzy / or part of fungi you see |
| spore | the reproductive structure of a fungi |
| budding | a large yeast cell "pinches off" to make more |
| ascus | sac-like structure |
| ascomycetes | sac fungi - like truffles and yeast |
| basidomycetes | like puffballs and mushrooms |
| zygomycetes | like bread mold |
| ethanol | a product of yeast fermentation |
| Carbon Dioxide | the gas produced from fermentation |
| lichen | live for years and often used as pollution indicators |