Fungi

Hyphae

Single strand of mycelium

Mycelium

Vegetative part of the fungus

Saprobe

Absorbs nutrients from dead organic matter

Mutualists

Live in intimate association with other organisms that benefit both partners

Septate hyphae

Hyphae subdivided by incomplete walls

Septa

Incomplete cell walls

Coenocytic

No septa, many nuclei: from mitosis without cytokinesis

Lignin

In cell walls of plant cells

Chytrid

Only aquatic fungus, doesn't produce mycelium

Haustoria

Branching projections that push through cell walls

Lichens

Associations of a fungus with a unicellular green alga or cyanobacteria

Mycorrhizae

Associations of fungi and plant roots

Ectomycorrhizae

Do not penetrate the cells

Endomycorrhizae

Do penetrate the cells

Arbuscule

Branches of endomycorrhizae

Plasmogamy

Two cells coming together and fusing their cytoplasm

Dikaryotic

n+n, cell membrane disappears

Karyogamy

Fusion of nuclei

Sporangiophore

Stalk that holds the sporangium, haploid

Ploidy

The number of sets of chromosomes in a cell

Ascospores

Haploid spores in ascomycota

Asci

Sacs that hold ascospores