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Apologia Biology Module 4
Vocabulary from module 4: Kingdom Fungi
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Biology
10th Grade
05/29/2012

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Extracellular Digestion
Definition
Digestion that takes place outside of the cell
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Mycelium
Definition
The part of the fungus responsible for extracellular digestion and absorption of the digested food.
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Hypha
Definition
A filament of fungal cells
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Rhizoid Hypha
Definition
A hypha that is imbedded in the material on which the fungus grows.
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Aerial Hypha
Definition
A hypha that is not imbedded in the material upon which the fungus grows
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Sporophore
Definition
Specialized aerial hypha that produces spores
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Stolon
Definition
An aerial hypha that asexually reproduces to make more filaments.
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Haustorium
Definition
A hypha of a parasitic fungus that enters the host's cells, absorbing nutrition directly from the cytoplasm
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Chitin
Definition
A chemical that provides both toughness and flexibility.
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Membrane
Definition
A thin convering of tissue
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Fermentation
Definition
The anaerobic breakdown of sugars into smaller molecules.
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Zygospore
Definition
A zygote surrounded by a hard protective covering
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Zygote
Definition
The result of sexual reproduction when each parent contributes half of the DNA necessary for the offspring
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Antibiotic
Definition
A chemical secreted by the living organism that kills or reduces the reproduction rate of other organisms
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