BIO SCI 94 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Glycogen, Chitin, Polysaccharide
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The master traders and recyclers in terrestrial ecosystems. Feed by absorbing nutrients from living or dead organisms: those that feed on dead organisms are the world s most important decomposers. Have unique ability to absorb the cellulose and lignin that comprise wood. Both the reproductive structure and mycelium are composed of hyphae. Hyphae: one of the long, branching strands of a fungal mycelium. Containing many nuclei and continuous cytoplasm through a filamentous body. Without the body being divided into distinct cells. Symbiotic relationship between two organisms that is beneficial to one organism but detrimental to the other. Organism that feeds primarily on dead plant material. Any close and prolonged physical relationship between individuals of two different species. Most fungi that live in association with other organisms benefit their hosts and thus are mutualists. Fungus that lives inside the above-ground parts of a plant in a symbiotic relationship. Some enhance plant growth: making this an active are of research in agribusiness.