Assertion: fungus | /r/CapableOf | provide the alga
Facets:
value: with water and inorganic nutrients
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
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.