Why lichens show symbiosis?

1.	Why lichens show symbiosis?
Answer» LIKE all fungi, LICHEN fungi require carbon as a food source; this is provided by their symbiotic algae and/or CYANOBACTERIA, that are photosynthetic. The lichen SYMBIOSIS is thought to be a mutualism, since both the fungi and the photosynthetic partners, CALLED photobionts, benefit.

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LIKE all fungi, LICHEN fungi require carbon as a food source; this is provided by their symbiotic algae and/or CYANOBACTERIA, that are photosynthetic. The lichen SYMBIOSIS is thought to be a mutualism, since both the fungi and the photosynthetic partners, CALLED photobionts, benefit.

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