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Anatomy
Classification
Ecology
Spores
Misc.
100
The part of the fungus that sticks up out of the ground (commonly called a mushroom).
What is a fruiting body?
100
Common bread molds are in this phylum.
What is zygomycota?
100
Organisms that obtain food from decaying plant matter
What are saprophytes?
100
Spores from sac fungi
What are ascospores?
100
Rootlike structures that anchor bread molds
What are rhizoids?
200
Tiny filaments that make up the body of the fungus (they are one cell thick).
What are hyphae?
200
The sac fungi
What is ascomycota?
200
A symbiotic relationship between fungi and certain algae
What are lichen?
200
Spores released from bread mold
What are zygospores?
200
Part of the bread mold that spreads across the surface, absorbing nutrients
What are stolons?
300
The large tangled mass of hyphae.
What is the mycelium?
300
Yeast are in this phylum.
What is ascomycota?
300
A symbiotic relationship between fungi and plants
What are mycorrhizae?
300
Spores from club fungi
What are basidospores?
300
Fungal parasite of insects
What is cordyceps?
400
Parasitic hyphae
What is haustorium?
400
The "club" or "pedestal" fungi
What is basidiomycota?
400
These fungi can infect human skin
What is yeast (Candida)?
400
The phylum that contains flagellated spores
What is chytridiomycota?
400
The nutrients gained by fungi from their symbiotic relationship with plants.
What are carbohydrates?
500
Specialized aerial hyphae that asexually reproduce to make more filaments.
What are stolons?
500
The "imperfect" fungi
What is deuteromycota?
500
This fungus affects the US wheat crop.
What is rust?
500
The "dust" which contains the spores of lichen organisms.
What is soredium?
500
The phylum which contains protist-like fungi
What is myxomycota?