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Fungi cell walls are usually made of what?
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Chitin
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How do fungi gather their nutrients?
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They are absorptive heterotrophs (secrete enzymes then absorb the nutrients
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Fungi are sprophytes. What does this mean?
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They decompose dead organic matter
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What is dimorphic fungi?
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Fungi that have both yeast and mold stages
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What are fungi called that produce fleshy reproductive structures?
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Macrofungi
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Induvidual fungal filaments are called what?
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Hyphae
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Collectively, hypahe are called what?
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Myclelium
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Hyphae may be septate or nonseptate. What does this mean?
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Septate: walls separate adjacent cells
Nonseptate: walls are absent |
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Fungi gametes are produced by...?
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Gametangia
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Spores are produced by a variety of ...?
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Sporangia
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An asexual spore formed at the ends of hyphae?
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Conidia
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An asexual spore produced by budding?
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Blastospore
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An asexual spore that is produced when a hyphae breaks?
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Arthrospore
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We categorize fungi based on what?
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Their sexual spores AND whether hyphae are septate or nonseptate
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