Unit 9 Fungi Vocabulary
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bobbiethompson on April 6, 2010
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Latin | English |
|---|---|
| Chitin |  A complex carbohydrate that makes up the cell walls of fungi; also found in the external skeleton of arthropods |
| Hypha | Tiny filament that makes up a multicellular fungus or water mold |
| Mycelium | Many hyphae tangled into a thick mass which comprises the bodies of multicellular fungi |
| Fruiting Body | A slender reproductive structure that produces spores in fungi |
| Rhizoid | In fungi, a root like hypha that penetrates the surface of an object |
| Budding | A form of asexual reproduction by which yeast and some bacteria increase in number |
| Lichen | A symbiotic association between a fungus and a photosynthetic organism (green alga or cyanobacterium) |
| Mycorrhiza | A symbiotic association between plant roots and fungi |
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