________ produces diploid cells that undergo meiosis and produce genetically heterogeneous haploid spores.
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Mutualistic fungi
________ receive nutrients from their hosts as well, but they return with activities that benefit the host.
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Fungi
________ are heterotrophic organisms that feed by absorption.
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Mycelium
________ (plural, ________) is an interconnected mass of fungal hyphae that infiltrates the substance on which the fungus feeds (as shown in the image attached)
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algae
Fungi, like mammals, are heterotrophs: they can not produce their own food, as plants and ________ do.
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organic material
Decomposers** are fungi that break down and take nutrients from nonliving ________ such as fallen logs, animal corpses, and wastes from living species.
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Septa
________ have pores that are big enough to allow ribosomes, mitochondria, and even nuclei to move from cell to cell.
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parasitic fungus
Pathogenic ________ includes several species that cause plant illnesses and others that cause animal diseases.
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haploid
Many fungi reproduce asexually by developing as the filamentous fungus that generates (________) spores via mitosis; such species are referred to informally as molds if they form visible mycelia.
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filamentous fungus
As ________ or yeasts, many fungi may reproduce asexually.
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multicellular filaments
The majority of fungus develop as thin, ________ called hyphae; just a few species grow as single- celled yeasts.
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progenitor of fungus
An aquatic, single- celled, flagellated protist was the ________.
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Mycorrhizal fungi
________ have unique hyphae that allow them to collaborate with plants in a mutually beneficial interaction.
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Fungi
________ were among the earliest land colonists, according to fossil evidence.
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Fungi
________ and mammals split over a billion years ago from a shared unicellular ancestor with a flagellum, according to molecular data.
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Fungi
________ in their multicellular state are made up of mycelia, which are networks of branching hyphae suited for absorption.
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