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fungi
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(fungus) type of eukaryotic heterotroph; can be multicelled or single-celled; cell walls contain chitin; obtains nutrients by extracellular digestion and absorption
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hyphae
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of a multi-celled fungus, a filament having chitin-reinforced walls; component of a mycelium
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mycelium
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(mycelia) mesh of tiny, branching, food-absorbing filaments (hyphae) of a multi-celled fungi
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chytrids
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a type of fungus, the only fungal group with a flagellated stage
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zygote fungi
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fungal group; sexual spores are produced in a zygospore that forms after hyphae of opposite mating types meet and fuse; (ex. black bread mold)
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microsporidians
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intracellular fungal parasite of aquatic habitats; only fungal group that forms flagellated spores
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glomeromycetes
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member of a fungal group that forms mycorrhizae in which hyphae branch inside a plant cell
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sac fungi
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fungus that produces sexual spores in sac-shaped cells
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club fungi
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fungus that produces sexual spores in a club-shaped cell; most familiar mushrooms
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endophytic fungi
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one of the fungi that lives as a symbiont inside plant leaves and stems
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mutualism
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an interspecific interaction that benefits both participants
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lichen
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symbiotic association between a fungus and a photo-autotroph-- an algae or cyano-bacterium
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mycorrhiza
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'fungus-root'. a mutualism between a fungus and plant roots
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