Lichens aren't quite what we thought, shocked scientists discover

Thursday, July 21, 2016 - 14:01 in Psychology & Sociology

Scientists have made the surprising discovery that many lichens, thought to grow from a partnership between a yeast and a fungus, are also made up of a previously undiscovered third partner — a new kind of yeast.

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