Name the members associated in lichen. How does each member benifit from the other?
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The plant-like appearance of lichens hides their true identity. A lichen is not a single organism, but the result of a partnership (mutualistic symbiosis) between a fungus and an alga or cyanobacteria. ... The lichen fungus provides its partner(s) a benefit (protection) and gains nutrients in return.
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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.
The lichen symbiosis is thought to be a mutualism, since both the fungi and the photosynthetic partners, called photobionts, benefit.
THEY BENEFIT AS THE ORGANISM GETS ALL THAT THEY NEED WHILE ALSO MAINTAINING EACH OTHERS' SECURITY