Fungal cell filaments with cell walls containing chitin
Mycelium
A mat of hyphae
Fungi are heterotrophs because the hyphae release digestive enzymes on to organic matter, then absorb the already digested material
Conjugation
When two compatible mating types meet and their hyphae go to move up next to each other. They fuse to form a gametangia (zygosporangium), which then forms a thick wall around it, waiting until conditions are good to grow into a sporangiophore
Saprobe
Group of fungi that act as decomposers of dead organic matter
Sporangium
Case to enclose the spores
Sporagiophore
Supports the sporangium
Stolon
Connects the sporangia together
Rhizoid
Releases digestive enzyme into the nutrient source
Spores
Fungi reproductive cells
Asexual
Type of fungal reproduction where spores are released and grow into exact copies of their parents
Dikaryotic
Two nuclei
Pileus
Cap
Lamella
Gills
Annalus
Collar
Stipe
Stalk
Basidiocarps reproduce sexually by having the dikaryotic basidia lining the gills fuse their nuclei together to form a zygote, which then undergoes meiosis, producing four basidiospores from the mother cell. They are released under favorable conditions and fuse to germinate, creating haploid mycelia underground, which eventually grows into a basidiocarp
