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1
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type of mycorrhiza in which the fungus penetrates the cortical cells of the roots of a vascular plant

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Arbuscular mycorrhizae

2
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a sporocarp produced by a member of the Basidiomycotina and which bears basidiospores

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Basidiocarp

3
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a fungus within the Basidiomycotine; includes those species that produce a basidiocarp

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Basidiomycete

4
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an exogenous sexual spore (meiospore) formed on a basidium

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Basidiospore

5
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a typically club-shaped cell in which karyogany and meiosis take place and on which basidiospores are formed

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Basidium

6
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a tough, resistant, nitrogen-containing polysaccharide forming the cell walls of certain fungi

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Chitin

7
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a bridge between dividing cells allowing for the movement of nuclei

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Clamp connection

8
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a cobweb-like partial veil on certain types of mushroom

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Cortina

9
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permits cytoplasm and small organelles to pass through the structure, but restricts the movement of nuclei to varying degrees seen in the Basidiomycotina

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Dolipore septum

10
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(stomach fungi) the group of Basidiomycetes with spots borne in cavities within the fruit body

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Gasteromycete

11
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Vocab specific to gasteromycetes

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Gleba
Perdioles
Peridium

12
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a wall or membrane of sterile cells around a fruiting body

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Peridium

13
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the layer of asci on an ascoma or of basidia on a basidioma, together with any associated sterile hyphae

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Hymenium

14
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tubular filament of a fungus, may be anchored by rhizoids, may bind soil particles together, hyphae of individuals of same often fused

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Hyphae

15
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a specialized root structure resulting from a symbiotic relationship between a fungus and a higher plant; at least 80% of all vascular plants have

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Mycorrhiza

16
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fleshy, spore-bearing inner mass of fungi such as the puffball or stinkhorn

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Gleba

17
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the ‘eggs’ bearing the spores in birds-nest fungi

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Peridioles

18
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-a mass of hyphae, often used to denote all hyphae comprising a thallus

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Mycelium

19
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-vegetative non reproducing part of a fungus

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Mycelium

20
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a macroscopic, typically rope-like strand of compacted tissue formed by certain higher fungi

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Rhizomorph

21
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round swollen cells usually formed in clusters, characteristically found in the Russulaceae

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Sphaerocyst

22
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a fruit body that produces spores

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Sporocarp

23
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a spike-like structure that supports a basidiospore on the basidium

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Sterigma

24
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undifferentiated vegetative tissue forming the body of the fungus.

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Thallus

25
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the sterile tissue of a basidicarp

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Trama

26
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Hyphae have cell walls composed of _____

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chitin

27
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Fungi are composed of long, filamentous cells known as _____

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hyphae

28
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_____ is the latin word for mushroom

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Fungi

29
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Fungi diverged from life about ______

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1500 million years ago

30
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Most hyphae cells are separated internally by cross-walls called

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Septa

31
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Hyphae lacking internal cross-walls are said to be

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coenocytic or aseptate

32
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In basidiomycetes, the mycelium passes through two phases called ____ and ___

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monokaryotic and dikaryotic

33
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Mycelium forming the basidiocarp is known as ______

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Tertiary mycelium and is dikaryotic

34
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the use of a ballistically propelled spore
forcibly discharged from the sterigma where the Hilar droplet fuses with a film of liquid on the surface of the ballistospore causing a sudden shift in the centre of mass of the spore

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Ballistospore

35
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Distinguishing features of Basidiomycota

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Reproduction
Spore Dispersal
Hyphal Structure (donut like margin called dolipore)
Life Stages

36
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septa form and the mycelium is divided into monokaryotic segments

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Primary mycelium

37
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produced by the fusion of monokaryotic hyphae from different mating types. Occurs without nuclear fusion

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Secondary mycelium

38
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Secondary mycelium is produced by the fusion of _______ known as _____

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monokaryotic hyphae; plasmogamy