Lichen: Apparently Happy Couple Really a Threesome
Friday, July 22, 2016 - 22:21
in Biology & Nature
Since the discovery of their true nature 140 years ago, lichens have been the poster children for symbiosis. In the textbook definition of a lichen, the filaments of a single fungus provide protection for photosynthetic algae or cyanobacteria, which in turn provide food for the fungus.