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Antibiotic
a substance produced by or a semisynthetic substance derived from a microorganism and able in dilute solution to inhibit or kill another microorganism
Ascomycete
any of a class (Ascomycetes) or subdivision (Ascomycotina) of higher fungi (as yeasts or molds) with septate hyphae and spores formed in asci
Basidiomycete
any of a large class (Basidiomycetes) or subdivision (Basidiomycotina) of higher fungi having septate hyphae, bearing spores on a basidium , and including rusts, smuts, mushrooms, and puffballs
Biodiversity
biological diversity in an environment as indicated by numbers of different species of plants and animals
Consumers
an organism requiring complex organic compounds for food which it obtains by preying on other organisms or by eating particles of organic matter
Dispersal
the process or result of the spreading of organisms from one place to another
Fungi
any of a major group (Fungi) of saprophytic and parasitic spore-producing organisms usually classified as plants that lack chlorophyll and include molds, rusts, mildews, smuts, mushrooms, and yeasts
Homeopathic
of or relating to homeopathy;
Homeopathy
a system of medical practice that treats a disease especially by the administration of minute doses of a remedy that would in healthy persons produce symptoms similar to those of the disease
Medicinal
tending or used to cure disease or relieve pain
Mutualism
mutually beneficial association between different kinds of organisms
Mycelia
the mass of interwoven filamentous hyphae that forms especially the vegetative portion of the thallus of a fungus and is often submerged in another body (as of soil or organic matter or the tissues of a host); also : a similar mass of filaments formed by some bacteria (as streptomyces)
Mycologist
One who is versed in, or who studies, mycology
Mycorrhizal
symbiosis Mycorrhiza refers to an association or symbiosis between plants and fungi that colonize the cortical tissue of roots during periods of active plant growth. The association is characterized by the movement of plant-produced carbon to the fungus and fungal-acquired nutrients to the plant
Parasitic
an organism living in, with, or on another organism in parasitism
Sampling
to take a sample of or from; especially : to judge the quality of by a sample : Test
Saprophyte
a plant living on dead or decaying organic matter
Scientific Method
The scientific method is the process by which scientists, collectively and over time, endeavor to construct an accurate (that is, reliable, consistent and non-arbitrary) representation of the world. The scientific method has four steps:
- Observation and description of a phenomenon or group of phenomena.
- Formulation of a hypothesis to explain the phenomena. In physics, the hypothesis often takes the form of a causal mechanism or a mathematical relation.
- Use of the hypothesis to predict the existence of other phenomena, or to predict quantitatively the results of new observations.
- Performance of experimental tests of the predictions by several independent experimenters and properly performed experiments.
Survey
a systematic observation of an area
Symbiotic
the intimate living together of two dissimilar organisms in a mutually beneficial relationship; especially : Mutualism
Sources:
http://www.m-w.com
http://www.brainydictionary.com
http://dmsylvia.ifas.ufl.edu/
http://teacher.nsrl.rochester.edu
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