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What are fungi? |
Eukaryotic, heterotrophic andabsorptive organisms, which have cell walls made of chitin, typically reproduceasexually and/or sexually by producing spores, and grow either reproductivelyby budding or non-reproductively by hyphal tip elongation. |
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What is chitin ? |
long-chain polymer of a N-acetylglucosamine |
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What are b-glucans? |
a long chain polymer of D-glucose |
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What is the apothecium? |
specialized structure important in sexual reproductionin the ascomycete cup-shaped fruiting body that holds the hymenium, alayer of tissue containing the spore-bearing cells. |
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What is mycelium? |
egetative part of a fungus, consisting of a mass of branching, thread-like hyphae. T |
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Reproduction in fungi |
dispersal commonly by spores --- many types ofspores most commonly producedasexually sexually produced spores typically are resting spores |
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What is a sporangium? |
anenclosure in which spores are formed All fungi (and plants) form sporangia atsome point in their life cycle. Sporangia can produce spores by mitosis, but in many fungi, sporangiaare the site of meiosis and produce genetically distincthaploid spores. |
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What are lichens? |
resultof a fungus and an algae living together |
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What is Mycoses? |
Fungal infection of animals |
