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Vocabulary - Fungi: Yeasts, Molds, And Mushrooms

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budding the process in which yeasts

sporangium a structure in which spores

reproduce by pinching off part of the

are formed

cell

Mold spores are formed in a

The cell that pinches off is called the

sporangium. The plural of sporangium is

mother cell. The new cell that is growing

sporangia.

is called a bud.

spore a seedlike structure that produces a

fermentation a process used by yeast to

new organism

get energy by breaking down sugar

Most fungi and some simple plants

During fermentation, yeast produces

reproduce with spores.

carbon dioxide gas. Unlike cellular

yeast a one-celled fungus

respiration, fermentation does not use

Yeast cells are microscopic. They

oxygen.

ferment sugar to get energy and

gills the structures on the underside of a

produce carbon dioxide. They reproduce

mushroom cap where spores are formed

by budding.

The pattern of gills in a mushroom cap

is different for each kind of mushroom.

mold a kind of fungus that reproduces by

forming spores in a sporangium

A mold sporangium shoots the spores

into the environment, where they

develop into new fungi.

CLASSIFICATION • SECTION 2 FUNGI: YEASTS, MOLDS, AND MUSHROOMS

Vocabulary - Fungi: Yeasts, Molds, And Mushrooms