Largest group of algae
green algae
includes diatoms
yellow algae
includes algae that are the sources of carrageenan and agar
red algae
includes kelps, rockwoods, and gulfweeds
brown algae
What term refers to tiny hairlike threads on a moss that grow into the soil to absorb water and minerals?
rhizoids
What term refers to an organism that obtains its nutrition from dead organisms?
saprophytes
What type of organism consists of a fungus and an alga in a symbiotic relationship?
lichen
What term refers to an organism that lives on or in another living organism and derives its nutrition from that organism?
parasite
To what group of fungi do yeast belong?
sac fungi
What term, which literally means "mosslike plants," do scientists use to refer to mosses and liverworts?
bryophytes