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Chapter 31
Unit Three
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Biology
Undergraduate 2
10/29/2014

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Haustoia
Definition
Specialized hypha that can penetrate the tissue of its host
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Zygomychetes
Definition
Sturdy structures called a zygosporangium during sexual reproduction
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Extracellular Digestion
Definition
Break down of food in compartments that are continuous with the outside of the body
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Exoenzymes
Definition
The break down of food out side the body
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Mycorrihizae
Definition
A mutualistic association of plant roots and fungis
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Glomeromycetes
Definition
A distinct branching form of mycorrhizae called arbuscular mycorrhizae
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Chitin
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The skeleton of many fungi and arthropods
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Ascomychetes
Definition
Saclike structure in with spores develop
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Opisthokonts
Definition
Descents from ancestors with posterior flagellum
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Plasmogomy
Definition
The fusion of two individuals
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Karyogamy
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The fusion of the haploid nuclei that is contributed by the two parents
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Basidiomycetes
Definition
Club fungus
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Coenocytic
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Fungus that lacks septa and hence whose body is made up of a continuous cytoplasm that may contain hundreds of nuclei
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Chytrids
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Mostly aquatic fungi with flagellated zoospores
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Deuteromycetes
Definition
The anus develops first
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Septate
Definition
Cross walls that divide fungi
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