BIO153H5 Final: BIO153 Final Exam Review Winter 2015 – Chapter 31
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Bio153 final exam review winter 2015 chapter 31. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: a symbiotic fungus whose hyphae grow through the cell wall of plant roots and extend into the root cell (enclosed in tubes formed by invagination of the root cell plasma membrane). Ascocarp: the fruiting body of a sac fungus (ascomycete). Ascomycete: member of the fungal phylum ascomycota, commonly called sac fungus. The name comes from the saclike structure in which the spores develop. Basidiocarp: elaborate fruiting body of a dikaryotic mycelium of a club fungus. Basidiomycete: member of the fungal phylum basidiomycota, commonly called club fungus. The name comes from the club- like shape of the basidium. Basidium: a reproductive appendage that produces sexual spores on the gills of mushrooms (club fungi). Chitin: a structural polysaccharide, consisting of amino sugar monomers, found in many fungal cell walls and in the exoskeletons of all arthropods. Deuteromycetes: traditional classification for a fungus with no known sexual stage.
