NAME: _____________________________
DATE: ______________ CLASS: __________
Ascomycota
Ascospores
Ascus
Basidiomycota
Basidiospores
Basidium
Chitin
Conidia
Conidiophore
Deuteromycota
Fruiting body
Fungi
Gametangium
Hypha
Lichens
Mycelium
Mycorrhizae
Rhizoids
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Saprobes
Sporangia
Sporangiophores
Spores
Stolons
Yeasts
Zygomycota
Zygospore
1. ___________________________ - a complex carbohydrate that is found in the cell walls of
fungi, and also in the external skeletons of insects
2. ___________________________ - a reproductive cell formed by mitosis that is capable of
growing into a new organism
3. ___________________________ - a reproductive structure that contains spores for the sac
fungi
4. ___________________________ - a reproductive structure that develops from a mycelium
that grows below the surface of the ground
5. ___________________________ - a resting spore that contains zygotes formed during the
sexual phase of a mold’s life cycle
6. ___________________________ - a structure that forms gametes
7. ___________________________ - a symbiotic association between a fungus and a
photosynthetic organism
8. ___________________________ - eukaryotic heterotrophs that have cell walls
9. ___________________________ - fungi phylum also known as the club fungi
10. ___________________________ - fungi phylum that has life cycles that include a zygospore
11. ___________________________ - fungi phylum that is named for the ascus
12. ___________________________ - haploid spore produced within the ascus of ascomycetes
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13. ___________________________ - in the asexual life cycle of sac fungi, this is where spores
are formed
14. ___________________________ - many hyphae tangled together into a thick mass
15. ___________________________ - organism that obtains food from decaying organic matter
16. ___________________________ - phylum composed of fungi that are not placed in other
phyla because researchers have never been able to
observe the sexual phase of their life cycle
17. ___________________________ - root-like hyphae used to anchor the fungus to a surface
18. ___________________________ - spore-bearing structure of a basidiomycete
19. ___________________________ - stem-like hyphae that run along a surface
20. ___________________________ - structures that produced spores
21. ___________________________ - symbiotic relationship between a fungus and plant roots
22. ___________________________ - the spores of a club fungi
23. ___________________________ - tiny filaments that compose multicellular fungi
24. ___________________________ - tips of specialized hyphae where sporangia are found
25. ___________________________ - unicellular fungi
26. ___________________________ - tiny fungal spores that form at the tips of conidiophores
in ascomyctes