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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
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