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