The lichen combination of alga or cyanobacterium with a fungus has a very different form (morphology), physiology, and biochemistry than the component fungus, alga, or cyanobacterium growing by itself, naturally or in culture.

2023年12月13日 · Lichens are two organisms living together as one, also known as a composite organism. For most lichen, the partnership is a fungus and one or more algae working together, however the secondary partner can also be a cyanobacteria.

2025年1月16日 · Lichen, any of about 15,000 species of plantlike organisms that consist of a symbiotic association of algae (usually green) or cyanobacteria and fungi. They are found worldwide and occur in a variety of environmental conditions.

Lichens are a complex life form that is a symbiotic partnership of two separate organisms, a fungus and an alga. The dominant partner is the fungus, which gives the lichen the majority of its characteristics, from its thallus shape to its fruiting bodies.

2023年2月11日 · A lichen is a symbiotic relationship between a fungus and a photosynthetic partner (algae, cyanobacteria, or both). Lichens grow all over the world and can even survive exposure to space. They take many forms and are classified according to the type of fungi they contain as well as their shape.

2025年1月9日 · A lichen is an association between one or two fungus species and an alga or cyanobacterium (blue-green alga) that results in a form distinct from the symbionts.

A lichen is not a single organism; it is a stable symbiotic association between a fungus and algae and/or cyanobacteria. Like all fungi, lichen fungi require carbon as a food source; this is provided by their symbiotic algae and/or cyanobacteria, that are photosynthetic.

2024年7月31日 · Algae or cyanobacteria and fungus forms beneficial symbiotic relationship to form lichen. The algal component is called phycobiont and the fungal component is called mycobiont.

2024年8月3日 · Lichen fungi are a diverse and integral part of the lichen symbiosis, comprising a wide range of fungal species that interact with photosynthetic partners to form lichens.

2025年1月9日 · In a few lichens (e.g., Endocarpon, Staurothele) algae grow among the tissues of a fruiting body and are discharged along with fungal spores; such phycobionts are called hymenial algae. When the spores germinate, the algal cells multiply and …