Vocabulary #5

Algae: Plantlike protists.

Budding: reproduction in which a small part of the parent grows into a new organism.

Cilia: short, hairlike parts on the surface of a cell.

Club fungi: Fungi with club-shaped parts that produce spores.

Hyphae: threadlike structures that make up the bodies of most fungi.

Lichen: a fungus and an organism with chlorophyll that live together.

Multicellular: an organism thaving many different cells that do certain jobs for the organism.

Mutualism: a living arrangement in which both organisms benefit.

Protozoan: one-celled animal-like organism with a nucleus.

Sac fungi:  fungi that produce spores in saclike structures.

Slime mold: funguslike protists that are consumers.

Sporangia: structures, found on the tips of hyphae that make spores.

Sporangium fungi: fungi that produce spores in sporangia.

Spore: special cells that develop into new organisms.

Sporozoan: protozoans that reproduce by forming spores.