Fungi Vocab

strong, flexible polysaccharide that is found in the cell walls of fungi

• chitin

• hyphae

• mycelium

• fruiting body

filaments that are the basic structural units making up the body of a multicellular fungus

• mycelium

• hyphae

• fruiting body

• chitin

netlike mass formed from hyphal growth at their tips

• hyphae

• chitin

• mycelium

• fruiting body

the reproductive structure of a fungus that is visible above ground

• hyphae

• mycelium

• fruiting body

• chitin

cross walls that divide fungal hyphae

• septa

• chitin

• haustorium

• sporangium

specialized hyphae that grow into a host's tissues to absorb nutrients; produced by parasitic fungi

• septum

• chitin

• sporangium

• haustorium

a haploid reproductive cell with a hard outer coat

• sporangium

• haustoria

• spore

• fruiting body

a sac or case in which spores are produced

• sporangium

• haustoria

• mycelium

• fruiting body

type of hyphae in molds that spread across the surface of food

• rhizoids

• stolons

• gametangium

• haustorium

type of hyphae that penetrates food and absorbs nutrients

• stolons

• gametangium

• ascus

• rhizoids