Chapter 28&30
PB II
Word Root, Combining Biological Definition Picture
Form, Definition
Chapter 29
1. Fungi Fungus means They are eukaryotes
mushroom that grow as single
cells or large
branching networks.
2. Saprophytic Sapros They grow on
Fungi Trophe nonliving organic
matter.
3. Hyphae Hyphae is a term The long, narrow
originating from the filaments of
Greek word for web. mycelium.
4. Basidia Base A club-shaped cells
where meiosis
occurs, forming 4
spores
5. Ascomycetes askos+myket A sac-like cell where
meiosis and one
round of mitosis
occur, forming 8
spores.
6. Fungicides Myco means fungus A substance that can
kill fungi or slow their
growth
, 7. Mutualism Mutus - mutual A relationship that
relationship Ismos - often directly benefits both species
8. Parasitic Para - beside A relationship that
relationship Sito - bread or food benefits one species
at the expense of the
other
9. Commensal Com - together A relationship that
relationship Mensa - table benefits one species
while the other is
unaffected.
10. Ectomycorrhiz Ektos - outside They are symbionts
al Fungi Pizza rhiza - root with most temperate
and boreal forest
trees, providing their
hosts with soil
nutrients and water in
exchange for plant
carbon.
11. Arbuscular Mukes - fungus They are the soil
mycorrhizal Rhiza - root microbes that
fungi colonize the majority
of the plant root and
establish a
connection between
the plant and the
substrate.