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Hyphae |
Are elongated, chitin walled filaments |
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Mycelium |
The main body of the fungus remains underground as a mass of hyphae |
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Coenocytic |
Cross wall; capable of extremely rapid growth |
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Fungi are ___________ because they cannot create their own energy as plaints and algae do from photosynthesis, instead they absorb nutrients from food that is already decayed or that they have enough digested outside of their structure |
Heterotrophs |
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The ________ structure is key to the success of the fungi as it has high surface area to volume ratio |
Hyphal |
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Dikaryotic phase |
I which two separate haploid nuclei are located together in a single cell like structure |
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Phylum Chytridiomycota (Chytrids) |
The oldest, basal group of fungi Exteremely diverse Some multicellular, some unicellular Primarily aquatic and only live in damp areas Their gametes are flagelleated and are known as zoos pores |
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Phylum Zygomycota |
Are conjugation fungi Named for their method of reproduction The walls of the haplood hyphae are not septate, they are coencytic This group is characterized by the formation of heavily walled black zygospores Ex: black bread mold, Rhizopus stolonifer |
