What two organisms make up a lichen? What is the role of saprophytic fungi in an ecosystem? What is the ecological importance of fungi and how are they different from plants? 1. Do photosynthetic fungi exist? 2. How do fungi nourish themselves? What are two types of symbiot...
The world of fungi and lichen species is diverse, and even beautiful in their own right. Neither plant or animal, these organisms don't fit into the usual gardening sections; but with so many types of fungus and lichen out there, they shouldn't be overlo
How do nitrogen-fixing microbes first become associated with their symbiotic plants? (a) What are the growth tissues of plants? (b) How can they be categorized? (c) Where can they be located in plants? What is structure in plants that is responsible for transpiration? Describe three adaptati...
The Earth's largest phylum is Arthropoda, which includes insects. The insects have shown to be a particularly successful class within the phylum. What biological characteristics have contributed to the success of insects? Explain the symbiotic relationship between the algae and the fung...
The potential of the lichen symbiosis to cope with extreme conditions of outer space - I. Influence of UV radiation and space vacuum on the vitality of lic... The lichen symbiotic organisms Fulgensia bracteata and Xanthoria elegans as well as their isolated photobionts and mycobionts were expo...
Lichens, a symbiotic combination of fungi and algae, also reproduce asexually. During reproduction, pieces of hyphae join with a piece of algae in a structure known as a soredia. The soredia then disperse from the parent lichen to form a new lichen elsewhere. ...
The other papers in this special issue deal with fungal speciation in Ascomycota, Dothideomycetes, Basidiomycota, basal fungi, lichen-forming fungi, plant pathogenic fungi, and yeasts. This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access. Similar content being ...
Lichens, symbiotic associations between mycobionts and photobionts, are an entity for which little is known about their dispersal mechanism. Our objective was to infer the dispersal mechanism in the semi-aquatic lichen Dermatocarpon luridum using spatial models and the spatial variation of the ...
Explain the symbiotic relationship between the algae and the fungi in lichen. What features suggest that fungi and animals are more closely related than fungi and plants? Fungi have formed symbiotic relationships with plants and algae for a long time during their evolutionary history. Des...
Reproduction: Reproduction is described as a biological process in which a new offspring arises from their parents. It enables the continuity of the species. It is characterized as the fundamental feature of all the organisms because each organism exists due to reproduction. ...