Fungi college biology final

Fungus

Eukaryotic heterotroph that absorbs nutrients

Saprotroph

Feeds on dead organic matter

Parasitic fungus

Feeds on a living host

Hyphae

Threadlike fungal filaments

Mycelium

Network of hyphae

Fruiting body

Spore-producing structure

Spore

Reproductive cell

Chitin

Polysaccharide in fungal cell walls

Asexual reproduction

Reproduction without genetic exchange

Sexual reproduction

Fusion of hyphae increasing diversity

Chytrid

Aquatic fungus with flagellated spores

Ascomycota

Sac fungi producing spores in an ascus

Basidiomycota

Club fungi producing spores on basidia

Zygomycota

Fungi forming zygospores

Dermatophyte

Fungus infecting skin, hair, or nails

Lichen

Symbiosis between fungus and algae

Mycorrhizae

Symbiosis between fungus and plant roots

Mycotoxin

Toxic compound produced by fungi