Using dead organisms as a source of nutrients.

A mat of hyphae bearing short conidiophores packed closely together.

Lacking chlorophyll.

A group of carcinogenic mycotoxins produced by some species of Aspergillus.

Common name for any member of the order Agaricales (Basidiomycota).

Fusion between hyphae.

Male gametangium.

A non-motile spore.

Open, cup-shaped ascocarp produced by some species belonging to the Ascomycota.

Minute, tree-like hyphal branching structures produced within host plant cells by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi.