Chapter 20 Vocabulary

Question 1

gametangium

Answer 1

reproductive system that contains a haploid nucleus

Question 2

mizoids

Answer 2

penetrates the food and absorbs nutrients

Question 3

Stolon

Answer 3

spreed across the surface of food

Question 4

sporangium

Answer 4

a sac or case in which spores are produced

Question 5

spore

Answer 5

a haploid reproductive cell surrounded by a hard outer wall

Question 6

haustorium

Answer 6

grows into the hosts tissues and absorbs their nutrients

Question 7

septum

Answer 7

hyphae are divided into cells by cross walls

Question 8

fruiting body

Answer 8

reproductive structure of a fungus that grows from the mycelium

Question 9

mycelium

Answer 9

netlike-mass

Question 10

hyphae

Answer 10

body of multicellular fungus

Question 11

chitin

Answer 11

a strong but flexible polysaccharide

Question 12

conidiophores

Answer 12

spore producing hyphae

Question 13

asocarp

Answer 13

specialized reproductive structure

Question 14

ascus

Answer 14

saclike structure in which ascospores are formed through sexual reproduction of ascomycetes

Question 15

ascospores

Answer 15

spores produced by an ascus

Question 16

basidiocarps

Answer 16

Fruiting bodies where the basidiomycetes produce sexually

Question 17

basidium

Answer 17

club-shaped, spore-producing hypha of basidiomycetes

Question 18

basidispore

Answer 18

haploid spores released by basidia during reproduction

Question 19

lichen

Answer 19

symbiotic relationship between a fungus and an alga or a photosynthetic partner

Question 20

bioindicators

Answer 20

living organism that is sensitive to changes in its environment

Question 21

mychorhizae

Answer 21

symbiotic relationship between a specialized fungus and plant roots