Question

Read the statements given below and identify X and Y.

X are formed by a relationship between autotrophic algae and heterotrophic fungi.

Y are plants that form an association with fungi.​

Answer 1

Answer:

Y = mycorrhiza

X = Lichens

Explanation:

Y = A mycorrhiza is a symbiotic association between a green plant and a fungus. The plant makes organic molecules such as sugars by photosynthesis and supplies them to the fungus, and the fungus supplies to the plant water and mineral nutrients, such as phosphorus, taken from the soil..

X = Lichens are recognized by macroscopic structures formed by a heterotrophic fungus, the mycobiont, which hosts internal autotrophic photosynthetic algal and/or cyanobacterial partners, referred to as the photobiont.