Assertion: lichen | /r/HasProperty | composite organisms
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text: They are "composite organisms" made up of two, or maybe three or four, completely different kinds of organisms.
text: A lichen ( LEYE-ken or, sometimes in the UK, , LICH-en) is a composite organism that arises from algae or cyanobacteria living among filaments of multiple fungi species in a mutualistic relationship.
text: A lichen is not a single organism the way most other living things are, but rather it is a combination of two organisms which live together intimately.
text: Lichens are actually a combination of organisms living together in what is called a symbiotic relationship.
text: So how did biologists learn that lichens were composite organisms?
text: Lichens are composite organisms consisting of a fungus and a photosynthetic partner growing together in a symbiotic relationship.
text: Lichens are composite organisms consisting of a fungus and a photosynthetic partner growing together in a symbiotic relationship.
text: The final result is likened to lichen growing on the bark a tree: lichens are composite organisms formed by a fungus, and usually a green alga, coexisting.
text: Although, lichens are now known to be composite organisms, they are still named for the fungus part of the association since that is the prominent part of the lichen thallus.
text: A lichen is a composite organism that emerges from algae or cyanobacteria living among the filaments (hyphae) of the fungi in a mutually beneficial symbiotic relationship.
text: These skin changes are referred to as lichenification, as the appearance can look much like lichen (a composite organism) that grows on trees and rocks in a forest.
text: Lichen is a composite organism consisting of algae and/or cyanobacteria and fungal filaments existing symbiotically.
text: A lichen is a combination of two organisms, a green alga or cyanobacterium and an ascomycete fungus, living in a symbiotic relationship.