Kingdom Fungi Vocabulary

complex carbohydrate that makes up the cell walls of fungi

tiny filament that makes up a multicellular fungus or water mold

many hyphae tangled together into a thick mass; comprises the bodies of multicellular fungi

structure in ferns and some fungi that contains spores

haploid reproductive cell

rootlike hypha that penetrate the surface of an object

gamete-producint structure found in black bread mold

asexual process by which yeasts increase in number; process of attacking a bud to a plant to produce a new branch

organism that obtains food from decaying organic matter

organism that breaks down and obtains energy from dead organic matter

particles of organic material that provide food for organisms at the base of an estuary's food web

symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit from the relationship

symbiotic association between a fungus and a photosynthetic organism

symbiotic associaion of plant roots and fungi