No
fungi and algae can grow together and produce substabnce called lichen, on the surface of the rocks. fungus provide algae with protection, whereas algae provide fungus with nutrients.
Yup. Basically a fungal algae sandwich. The fungus provides protection and absorbs nutrients while the algae performs photosynthesis to feed the fungus. Neat stuff
Algae provide the lichen with food that the algae produces. The lichen provides shelter, water and minerals for the algae.
The other name for the brown algae is Phaeophyceae.
No
Lichen is a symbiosis between an algae and a fungus.
no
3 types of fungus-like protist are Slime molds, Water molds, and Downy Mildews.Read more: What_are_three_types_of_funguslike_protists
Lichens are composed of a fungus in symbiotic union with an alga and having a greenish, gray, yellow, brown, or blackish thallus that grows in leaf like, crust like, or branching forms on rocks, trees, etc.
Fungus
No
fungi and algae can grow together and produce substabnce called lichen, on the surface of the rocks. fungus provide algae with protection, whereas algae provide fungus with nutrients.
Yup. Basically a fungal algae sandwich. The fungus provides protection and absorbs nutrients while the algae performs photosynthesis to feed the fungus. Neat stuff
Ringworm is caused by fungus, not algae.
An algae and a fungus can form a symbiotic relationship into what is known as lichen. However, not all lichen contain a type of algae, a type of cyanobacteria and a fungus makes a lichen as well. Algae and Fungus (a.k.a.Lichen) associations may be considered as examples of mutualism, commensalism or even parasitism, depending on the species.
algae, fungus