01:119:101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Stolon, Mycelium, Chitin

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Biological Science
• Course: 01:119:101
• Professor: uzwiak

Document Summary

A reproductive cell with a hard, protective coating. Tiny organisms that float in the water. Tiny floating organisms that are either small animals or protozoa. The body of a plant-like organism that is not divided into leaves, roots, or stems. A substance (made of sugars) that is common in the cell walls of many organisms. A special structure used by an organism to anchor itself. A colony that uses holdfasts to anchor itself to an object. Digestion that takes place outside of the cell. The part of the fungus responsible for extracellular digestion and absorption of the digested food. A hypha that is imbedded in the material on which the fungus grows. A hypha that is not imbedded in the material upon which the fungus grows. An aerial hypha that asexually reproduces to make more filaments. A hypha of a parasitic fungus that enters the host"s cells, absorbing nutrition directly from the cytoplasm.