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| single-celled fungus that reproduces asexually by binary fission or by the pinching of small buds off a parent cell; some species exhibit cell fusion between different mating types. |
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| one of many connected filaments that collectively make up the mycelium of a fungus |
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| a structural polysaccharide, consisting of amino sugar monomers, found in many fungal cell walls and in the exoskeletons of all arthropods. |
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| the densely branched network of hyphae in a fungus |
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| one of the cross0walls that divide a fungal hypha into cells. septa generally have pores large enough to allow ribosomes, mitochondria, and even nuclei to flow from cell to cell. |
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| a fungus that lacks septa and hence whose body is made up of a continuous cytoplasmic mass that may contain hundreds or thousands of nuclei |
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| in certain symbiotic fungi, a specialized hypha that can penetrate the tissues of host organisms. |
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| a mutualistic association of plant roots and fungus |
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| a symbiotic fungus that forms sheaths of hyphae over the surface of plant roots and also grows into extracellular spaces of the root cortex |
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| arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi |
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| a symbiotic fungus whose hyphae grow through the cell wall of plant roots and extend into the root cell (enclosed in tubes formed by invagination of the root cell plasma membrane) |
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| in animals and fungi, a small molecule released into the environment that functions in communication between members of the same species. in animals, it acts much like a hormone in influencing physiology and behavior. |
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| the fusion of the cytoplasm of cells from two individuals; occurs as one stage of syngamy |
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| a fungal mycelium that contains two or more haploid nuclei per cell. |
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| referring to a fungal mycelium with two haploid nuclei per cell, one from each parent |
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| the fusion of two nuclei, as part of a syngamy (fertilization) |
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| informal term for a fungus that grows as a filamentous fungus, producing haploid spores by mitosis and forming a visible mycelium |
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| traditional classification for a fungus with no known sexual stage. when a sexual stage for a so-called ___ is discovered, the species is assigned to a phylum. |
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| member of the diverse clade ___, organisms that descended from an ancestor with a posterior flagellum, including fungi, animals, and certain protists. |
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| member of a group of unicellular, ameoboid protists that are more closely related to fungi than they are to other protists |
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| member of the fungal phylum ___, mostly aquatic fungi with flagellated zoospores that represent an early-diverging fungal lineage. |
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| flagellated spore found in chytrid fungi and some protists |
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| member of the fungal phylum ___, characterized by the formation of a sturdy structure called a zygosporangium during sexual reproduction. |
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| in zygomycete fungi, a sturdy multinucleate structure in which karyogamy and meiosis occur |
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| member of the fungal phylum ___, characterized by a distinct branching form of mycorrhizae (mutualistic relationships with plant roots) called arbuscular mycorrhizae |
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| member of the fungal phylum ___, commonly called sac fungus. the name comes from the saclike structure in which the spores develop |
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| another word for ascomete |
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| the fruiting body of a sac fungus |
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| a haploid spore produced at the tip of a specialized hypha in ascomycetes during asexual reproduction |
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| member of the fungal phylum ___, commonly called club fungus. the name comes from the club-like shape of the basidium. |
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| a reproductive appendage that produces sexual spores on the gills of mushrooms (club fungi) |
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| another word for basidiomycetes |
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| elaborate fruiting body of a dikaryotic mycelium of a club fungus |
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| a fungus that lives inside a leaf or other plant part without causing harm to the plant |
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| the symbiotic collective formed by the mutualistic association between a fungus and a photosynthetic alga or cyanobacterium |
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| in lichens, a small cluster of fungal hyphae with embedded algae. |
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| general term for a fungal infection |
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