DEFINITION

• Hyphae


  The basic unit of a fungus composed of long, threadlike structures
• Mycelium


  A tangle mass of hyphae
• Zygospores


  Sexual spores of a zygomycete
• Coenocytic


  Multinuclei hyphae without septa
• Alternation of generation


  A type of life cycle consists of two or more different generations
• Heterothallic


  Thallus with similar physical structure but differ in physiology
• Plasmogamy


  Fusion between cytoplasm
• Karyogamy


  Fusion between nuclei
• Meiosis


  A type of cell division produces different daughter cells