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OF AN ALGA AND A FUNGUS LIVING AS A SINGLE UNIT, LICHEN. THE NAME
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about 20,000 species of lichen in the world, and of this 10 per cent are present in 
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a diploid cell there are usually two alleles of any one gene (

Question: There are about 20,000 species of this organism that consists of an alga & a fungus living as a single unit
Answer: Lichen