Fungi Flashcards

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A hypha

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A hypha is a tube or filament in a fungus

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A mycelium 

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A mycelium is a (usually) visible mass of hyphae

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An obligate parasite

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An obligate parasite can only take its food from a live host

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A facultative parasite

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A facultative parasite can get its food from a live or a dead host

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Sporulation 

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Sporulation is the process of making spores

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Aseptic or asepsis

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Aseptic or asepsis means that measures are taken to exclude unwanted micro-organisms

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Sterile

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Sterile means that all micro-organisms are destroyed, i.e. there is nothing living

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