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Lichens
What are lichens? The term lichen refers to a symbiotic association between a filamentous fungus, the ‘mycobiont’, and at least one photosynthetic organism, the ‘photobiont’, consisting of a micro alga, a cyanobacterium, or both (Figure 1). Although the symbiotic nature of lichens was first revealed in 1867, the development of a lichen thallus is often so integrated (Figure 1D) that they have b...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Nature
سال: 1967
ISSN: 0028-0836,1476-4687
DOI: 10.1038/2151314a0