Across
- 1. The "fruiting body" of the fungus that we see growing above ground.
- 4. The microscopic, thread-like filaments that make up the body of a fungus.
- 6. Fungi don’t eat like us; they ________ nutrients from organic matter around them.
- 7. A "roommate" partnership between a fungus and an algae or bacteria.
- 11. The phylum name for "Club Fungi," which includes the standard mushrooms we see.
Down
- 2. Tiny, dust-like particles released by fungi to spread and grow in new places.
- 3. An organism that breaks down dead things and recycles nutrients into the soil.
- 5. A life-saving medicine (antibiotic) derived from a common mold.
- 8. The tough, "shell-like" material found in fungal cell walls (not cellulose!).
- 9. The only well-known type of fungus that lives as a single, tiny cell.
- 10. A dense, tangled underground network of hyphae.