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ascus
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sac is reproductive structure
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ascocarp
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mushroom-like fruiting body
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ascospores
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formed in ascus, reproductive spores
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budding
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yeast- forms a new cell that develops as a smaller bud attached to the
parent cell |
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conidiophore
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reproduce asexually with special hyphae
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conidia
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tiny spores
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basidium
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club-shaped reproductive structure
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basidiocarp
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fruiting body commonly called a mushroom
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basidiospores
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formed in basidium
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fairy ring
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ring of mushrooms growing pattern
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conidiophore
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reproduce asexually with these
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waxy cuticle
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protective layer of epidermal cells
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stomata
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tiny opening in cuticle to exchange gases
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root-shoot system
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roots anchor plants in ground, shoots are stiffened stems
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lignin
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stem stiffener
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secondary metabolites
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Complex metabolic chemistry of plants produces many
toxic organic compounds, called secondary metabolites, these are mainly toxic to animals, but not to plants |
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secondary compounds
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these are mainly toxic to
animals, but not to plants |
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diffusion
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movement from high to low concentration
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vascular system
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tubes for carrying materials back and forth
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tracheophytes
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vascular plants
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alternation of generations
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haploid gametophyte and a diploid sporophyte
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gametophyte
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life cycle where gametes are made haploid mitosis
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sporophyte
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life cycle where spores are made diploid meiosis
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sporangium
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sporophytes produce spores
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spore
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develops directly into haploid adult
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sporopollenin
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protective outer layer of sporophyte
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homosporous
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male and female spores look the same
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heterosporous
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male and female spores look different
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sporophylls
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special modified leaves where sporangia are often attached
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strobilus
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sporophylls are organized into club-shaped ____, pine cones
and flowers are complex variations on primitive ____ |
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gametangium
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where gametes are produced
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antheridium
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produces sperm
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archegonium
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produces eggs
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Division Bryophyta
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mosses (Mnium, Sphagnum)
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Division Hepaticophyta
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liverworts (Marchantia, Porella)
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Division Anthocerophyta
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hornworts
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bryophytes
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no vascular tissue
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rhizoids
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epidermal cells that anchor the plant in the ground
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cushiony moss
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erect stalks
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feathery moss
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flattened mats, low-lying
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capsule
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where cells undergo meiosis and form haploid spores
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operculum
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lid in plants over spores
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protonema
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germination of spores, tiny green threads
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gemmae
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little buds that break off and grow into a new plant
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peat bog
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most acidic natural environment
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Doctrine of Signatures
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creator made plants to look like parts of the body that
they would cure |
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elaters
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long twisted moist cells
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gemmae cup
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asexual reproduction- little cup with tiny liverwort inside
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Division Lycophyta
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club moss, quillworts
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Division Sphenophyta
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horsetails
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Division Psilophyta
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whisk fern
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Division Pterophyta
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true ferns
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homosporous
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spores identical can’t tell male or female
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heterosporous
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easy to differentiate the female and male
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rhizomes
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horizontal stem that spreads the plant around
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sporophylls
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modified leaves that bear the sporangia at their bases
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strobilus
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club shaped structure of sporophylls
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sorus
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clusters of sporangia
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indusium
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tiny umbrella-like cap that protects sori
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prothallus
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little heart-shaped gametophyte “first body”
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fiddlehead
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early stage of a true fern
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Division Gnetophyta
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Ephedra, Gnetum, Welwitschia
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Division Cycadophyta
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cycads
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Division Ginkgophyta
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Ginkgo bilboa
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Division Coniferophyta
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conifers
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staminate cones
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male cones, smaller
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ovulate cones
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female cones, open to receive pollen
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sporophylls
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bear sporangia
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ovules
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develop into seeds, megasporangium + integument
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integument
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protective layer of cells
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seed coat
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prevents embryo from desiccation
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seeds
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ovule develop into seeds
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megasporangium
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produces female megaspores
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megaspore mother cell
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produces four haploid megaspores by meiosis
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microsporangium
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male cone is smaller
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microspore mother cell
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divide by meiosis to form haploid microspores
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microspore
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develop into male gametophyte (pollen)
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pollen grains
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male gametophyte
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pollen tube
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enters female gametophyte, discharges sperm
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tracheids
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water conducting cells
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pollen cones
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male cones
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seed cones
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female
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needles
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preserve water
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Division Anthophyta
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flowering plants
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Class Monocotyledonae
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monocots
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Class Dicotyledonae
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dicots
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vessels
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conduct water
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fruit dispersal
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ovary walls form a fruit to disperse seeds
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coevolution
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evolutionary change in one organism leads to an evolutionary
change in another organism that interacts with it |
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perennial
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plant lives more than two years
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annual
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one year life cycle
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flower
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reproductive structures that are formed from four sets of modified leaves
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sepals
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protect floral parts in the bud
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petals
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attract pollinators
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stamen
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male organ of plant, anthers and filaments
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anther
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tip of stamen, pollen set free by opening of anther
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filament
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stalk of stamen
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carpel
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form the pistil, female reproductive organ of flower
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pistil
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group of carpel
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stigma
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upper surface
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style
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long, slender neck
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foliar theory of the carpel
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carpels evolved from leaves, Goethe
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ovary
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holds ovule, at base of pistil
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ovary wall (pericarp)
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outermost layer of fruit
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ovule
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contained in ovary, develops into seed after fertilization
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megasporangium
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located in ovary
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megaspore mother cell
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divides by meiosis to form four haploid megaspores
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embryo sac
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female gametophyte of flowering plants
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microspore
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male
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pollen sac
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developing gametophytes
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sporopollenin
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biopolymer that protects spores
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pollen tube
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long tube to penetrate pistil and reach the ovary
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double fertilization
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unique to angiosperms, diploid zygote that develops into
adult, triploid endosperm |
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endosperm
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nutrition for embryo
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Division Zygomycota
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molds, Rhizopus (bread mold)
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Division Ascomycota
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sac fungi (yeasts, morels, truffles)
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Division Basidiomycota
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club fungi (mushrooms, puffballs, shelf fungi, rusts, smuts)
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Division Deuteromycota
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fungi imperfecti - Penicillium, Aspergillus
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mycology
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study of fungi
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heterotrophs
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need to eat to survive
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parasites
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feed off another organism
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saprobes
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plants that get their nutrients from dead or decaying matter
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extracellular digestion
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secrete digestive enzymes to dissolve food
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hypha (-ae)
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tangle of tiny filaments that make up the body of a fungi
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mycelium (-ia)
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The intertwined hyphae that form the body of the fungus are
collectively called a |
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chitin
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makes up cell wall of fungi
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multinucleate
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having multiple nuclei within a single cell, common in fungi
because septae are incomplete |
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cytoplasmic streaming
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cytoplasm can stream back and forth carrying nutrients to
the tips of the hyphae |
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lignin
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only fungi can break this down- it adds stiffness to the cell wall of plants
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symbiosis
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interaction between two organisms
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mutualism
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each partner benefits from the symbiosis
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lichens
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combination of fungus with a green algae or cyanobacteria
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crustose
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thin encrustation
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foliose
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leaf-like
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fruticose
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thin-branches
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mycorrhizae
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grow around and inside roots of plants to help them grow
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endomycorrhizae
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inside roots
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ectomycorrhizae
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outside roots
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sporangium (-ia)
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where spores are formed in fungi
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gametangium (-ia)
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fused mating fungi strains, sexual reproductive structure
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conjugation
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sexual reproduction by fusion of nuclei, fungi reproduce
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mating strain
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no female or male fungi, only + or – mating strains
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spore
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a cell that can develop directly into a complete haploid adult
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monokaryotic
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only one nucleus in each cell
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dikaryotic
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2 nuclei in each cell
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conidiophore
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fungi use this to reproduce asexually, a long hyphae
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conidia
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tiny haploid spores at end of conidiophore
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Division Zygomycota
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bread molds, Rhizopus
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stolon
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runner-like, spreads the mold
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rhizoid
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root-like, anchors the mold
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sporangiophore
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stalk holds sporangium
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sporangium
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tiny round ball full of spores
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zygospore
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sexual structure of all division zygomycota
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