Assertion: fungus | /r/CapableOf | protect alga
Facets:
value: from dessication
type: OTHER
value: from harmful solar radiation
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: from desiccation
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: One school of thought is that the alga produces the food material and that the fungus protects alga from desiccation, high light intensities, mechanical injuries and provides it with water and minerals.
text: That it represented a mutualistic symbiosis, in which the alga was believed to contribute the food supply through photosynthesis, and the fungus protected the alga from dessication, harmful solar radiation and provided the alga with water and inorganic nutrients, was postulated by Beatrix Potter, the writer and illustrator of Peter Rabbit, soon after Schwendener had determined the true nature of the lichen thallus.