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Mycology

The study of fungi.

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Fungi

Eukaryotic organisms; obligate or facultative aerobes with cell walls made of chitin.

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Yeast

Unicellular fungi.

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Mold

Filamentous fungi.

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Dimorphism

The condition in which a fungus can exhibit either the yeast form or mold form depending on growth conditions.

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Ascomycota

The largest fungal phylum. These organisms form their sexual spores within a sac called an ascus; they are called sac fungi.

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Zygomycota

Produce sexual spores known as zygospores, as well as asexual sporangiospores.

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Basidiomycota

Known as club fungi. Sexual reproduction results in four progeny basidiospores supported by a club-shaped basidium.

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Deuteromycota

Fungi that lack a known sexual cycle of reproduction and are therefore called imperfect fungi.