Lichen growing on a rock
Lichen growing on a rock. Lichens are composite organisms consisting of a symbiotic fungus (the mycobiont) and a photosynthetic partner (the photobiont or phycobiont), usually either a green alga (commonly Trebouxia) or cyanobacterium (commonly Nostoc)
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Photo credit: © Scott Camazine / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: alga, cynanobacterium, fungus, lichen, mycobiont, nostoc, partner, photobiont, photosynthetic, phycobiont, plant, radial, symbiosis, symbiotic, trebouxia
