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Q)What do you understand by ‘phycobiont’ and ‘mycobiont’?

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Phycobiont is the algal component of lichen and mycobiont is the fungal component. - The fungus absorbs water and mineral matter and supplies it to the algae which, in turn, prepares food and supplies it to the fungus. Phycobiont is the algal component of lichen and mycobiont is the fungal component.