Unit 4 Fungi

2. Mycorrhizal fungi that wrap around plant roots without entering individual cells.
5. (two words) Hyphae lacking septa, containing many nuclei in a continuous cytoplasm.
8. Cell division producing haploid spores.
10. (two words) Reproduction involving recombination.
11. Branched fungal structures inside plant root cells that facilitate nutrient exchange.
14. A mass of hyphae forming the fungal body.
16. Mycorrhizal fungi that grow inside plant root cells.
17. (two words) Reproduction that does not involve gametes and produces genetically identical offspring.
19. (two words) Also know as (chitin), a tough, flexible layer surrounding fungal cells, made primarily of chitin.
20. (two words) Movement of spores via wind, water, or animals.
22. A fungal phylum known as “club fungi,” producing spores on basidia.
23. Fusion of cytoplasm from two fungal cells.
24. An organism that breaks down dead organic matter and recycles nutrients.
25. (two words) A feeding strategy in which organisms digest food outside their bodies using enzymes, then absorb the nutrients.

1. (two words) Recycling of essential elements in ecosystems.
3. A fungal phylum including bread molds.
4. A fungal phylum consisting of “sac fungi” known for producing spores in asci.
5. A structural polysaccharide found in fungal cell walls and arthropod exoskeletons.
6. (two words) A reproductive structure that produces spores.
7. A reproductive cell capable of growing into a fungus.
9. A fungus–alga mutualistic partnership.
12. The growth of a spore into new hyphae.
13. (two words) A stage in fungal reproduction where cells contain two separate nuclei (n + n).
15. A mutualistic association between fungi and plant roots.
18. Filamentous structures absorbing nutrients.
21. A fungus feeding on dead matter.