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| The uptake of small nutrient molecules by an organismss own body |
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| (plural, asci) A saclike spore capsule located at the tip of the ascocarp in dikaryotic hyphae; defining feature of the Ascomycota division of fungi. |
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| (plural, basidia) A reproductive appendage that produces sexual spores on the gills of mushrooms. The fungal division Basidiomycota is named for this structure. |
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| A structural polysaccharide of an amino sugar found in many fungi and in the exoskeletons of all arthropods. |
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| The common name for members of the phylum Basidiomycota. The name comes from the club-like shape of the basidium. |
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| Referring to a multinucleated condition resulting from the repeated division of nuclei without cytoplasmic division. |
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| (plural, conidia) A naked, asexual spore produced at the ends of hyphae in ascomycetes. |
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| Referring to a mycelium with two haploid nuclei per cell, one from each parent. |
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| A powerful hydrolytic enzyme secreted by a fungus outside its body to digest food. |
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| The kingdom that contains the fungi |
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| (plural, haustoria) In symbiotic fungi, specialized hyphae that can penetrate the tissues of host organisms. |
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| A mycelium formed by the fusion of two hyphae that have genetically different nuclei. |
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| (plural, hyphae) A filament that collectively makes up the body of a fungus. |
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| Molds with no known sexual stages |
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| The fusion of nuclei of two cells, as part of syngamy. |
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| The mutualistic collective formed by the symbiotic association between a fungus and a photosynthetic alga. |
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| A rapidly growing fungus that reproduces asexually by producing spores. |
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| The densely branched network of hyphae in a fungus. |
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| Mutualistic associations of plant roots and fungi. |
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| The fusion of the cytoplasm of cells from two individuals; occurs as one stage of syngamy. |
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| Member of the phylum Ascomycetes. Sac fungi range in size and complexity from unicellular yeasts to minute leafspot fungi to elaborate cup fungi and morels. About half of the sac fungi live with algae in the mutualistic associations called lichens. |
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| One of the cross-wall 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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| Single-celled fungi that inhabit liquid or moist habitats and reproduce asexually by simple cell division or by the pinching of small buds off a parent cell. |
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| The diploid product of the union of halpoid gametes in conception; a fertilized egg |
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