Vocabulary Chapter 17 Pt 2 Flashcards
A close association of plant roots and fungi that is beneficial to both partners
Mycorrhizae
The densely branched network of hyphae in a fungus
Mycelium
In animals, the female gonad which produces egg cells and reproductive hormones
Ovary
Organism that derives it’s nutrition from a living host
Parasite
A modified leaf of a flowering plant
Petal
The portion of a plant’s vascular tissue system that conveys phloem sap throughout a plant
Phloem
The structure that will produce the sperm in seed plants
Pollen grains
In seed plants, the delivery of pollen, by wind or animals
Pollination
Member of a Ascomycete characterized by saclike structures called asci that produce spores in sexual reproduction
Sac fungus
A plant embryo packaged with a food supply within a protective covering
Seed
A tough outer covering of a seed
Seed coat
The informal collective name for lycophytes and pterophytes
Seedless vascular plants
A modified leaf of a flowering plant
Sepal
A structure in fungi and plants in which meiosis occurs and haploid spores develope
Sporangium
In plants and algae, a haploid that can develop into a multicellular individual without fusing with another cell
Spore
The multicellular diploid form in the life cycle of organisms undergoing alternation of generations
Sporophyte
A pollen-producing male reproductive part of a flower
Stamen
A plant with xylem and phloem
Vascular plant
A system formed by xylem and phloem throughout the plant
Vascular tissue system
The nonliving portion of a plant’s vascular system that provides support and conveys this substance
Xylem
A single-celled fungus that inhabits liquid or moist habits and reproduces asexually by simple cell division or by the pinching of small buds off a parent cell
Yeast
Member of a group of fungi characterized by a sturdy structure called a zygosporangium during sexual reproduction
Zygomycete
