21.4

Chitin

• Complex carbohydrate that makes up the cell walls of fungi; also found in the external skeletons of arthropods

• One of many long, slender filaments that makes up the body of a fungus

• Reproductive structure of a fungus that grows from the mycelium

Hyphae

• Complex carbohydrate that makes up the cell walls of fungi; also found in the external skeletons of arthropods

• One of many long, slender filaments that makes up the body of a fungus

• Reproductive structure of a fungus that grows from the mycelium

Fruiting Body

• Complex carbohydrate that makes up the cell walls of fungi; also found in the external skeletons of arthropods

• One of many long, slender filaments that makes up the body of a fungus

• Reproductive structure of a fungus that grows from the mycelium

Mycelium

• Densely branched network of the hyphae of a fungus

• Symbiotic association between a fungus and a photosynthetic organism

• Symbiotic association of plant roots and fungi

Lichen

• Densely branched network of the hyphae of a fungus

• Symbiotic association between a fungus and a photosynthetic organism

• Symbiotic association of plant roots and fungi

Mycorrhiza

• Densely branched network of the hyphae of a fungus

• Symbiotic association between a fungus and a photosynthetic organism

• Symbiotic association of plant roots and fungi