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14 Cards in this Set
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A hypha that is not imbedded in the material upon which the fungus grows (102)
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Aerial Hypha
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(an tie bye ah' tik) A chemical secreted by a living organism that kills or reduces the reproduction rates of other organisms (119)
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Antibiotic
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(ky' tin) A chemical that provides both toughness and flexibility (103)
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Chitin
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Digestion that takes place outside the cell (100)
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Extracellular Digestion
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The anaerobic (without oxygen) breakdown of sugars into alcohol, carbon dioxide and lactic acid (112)
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Fermentation
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A hypha of a parasitic fungus which enters the host's cells, absorbing nutrition directly from the cytoplasm (102)
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Haustorium
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(hi' fuh) Filament offungal cells (100)
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Hypha
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A thin covering of tissue (107)
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Membrane
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(my sell' ee uhm) The part of the fungus responsible for extracellular digestion and absorption of the digested food (100)
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Mycelium
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A hypha that is imbedded int he material on which the fungus grows (101)
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Rhizoid hypha
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(spor' o for) Specialized aerial hypha that asexually reproduces spores (102)
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Sporophore
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(sto' lun) An erial hypha that sexually reproduces to make more filaments (102)
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Stolon
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(zie go' spor) A zygote surrounded by a hard, protetie covering (115)
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Zygospore
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(zie goht) The result of sexual reproduction when each parent sontributes half of the DNA necessary for the offspring (115)
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Zygote
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