Microbiology
The domain which fungi belong to
What is Eukaryota?
The entire fungal organism, especially the main body within the substrate
What is mycelium?
The opposite of sexual reproduction
What is asexual reproduction?
A relationship between a fungus and a plant
What is mycorrhizal relationship?
One of the seven "sacred" medicinal mushrooms
What is shiitake/maitake/turkey tail/lion's mane/cordyceps/chaga/reishi
A major structural component of fungal cell walls
What is chitin?
Individual tendrils within the broader mycelial mass
What are hyphae?
Tiny cells distributed by fungi en masse for reproduction
What are spores?
A relationship in which one organism feeds off another without killing it
What is parasitism?
A type of medicine that takes the wHOLe person into account (spirituality, lifestyle, values, diet, etc)
What is holistic medicine?
A fungal protrusion that grows around/within a plant cell to exchange nutrients
What is an Arbuscule?
Spore-producing structures, think fish
What are gills?
An adjective to describe an organism or cell that contains only one set of chromosomes
What is haploid?
An organism that eats by releasing enzymes into the environment (extracellular digestion)
What is a saprobe/saprotroph/saprophyte/saprobiont
Tasty white mushroom with the power to restore memory
What is Lion's Mane?
What eukaryotes have that prokaryotes do not
What are organelles?
The stipe of a mushroom, in layman's terms
What is the stalk/stem?
How many sets of chromosomes a fungal spore has after mating and meiosis
What is one?
A parasitic fungus known for creating "zombie" insects
What is (ophio)cordyceps?
The molecules found in fungi that are potentially capable of fighting cancer
What is a chloroplast?
What is a spore print?
Fungal method of sexual reproduction in which two mycelia fuse together and share nuclei
What is karyogamy?
A +/+ relationship
What is mutualism/symbiosis?
The appropriation/stealing of traditional knowledge and biological resources from indigenous communities
What is biopiracy?