FUNGI WERE ONCE THOUGHT OF AS PLANTS but are now classified as a separate kingdom .This kingdom includes not only the familiar mushroom , puffballs,stinkhorns, and moulds, but also yeast , smuts,rusts, and lichens . Most fungi are multicellular, consisting of a mass of thread like hyphae that together form a mycelium . However , the simpler fungi (e.g yeast ) are microscopic , single cell organism.A few fungi obtain their food from plants or algae , with which they have a symbiotic (mutual advantageous ) relationship .
Lichens are a symbiotic partnership between algae and fungi .Of the six types of lichens the three most common are crustose,(flat and crusty), foliose (leafy), and fruticose(shrub-like).Some lichens are a combination of types.Lichens reproduce by means of spores or soredia (powdery vegetative fragment ).
Lichens are a symbiotic partnership between algae and fungi .Of the six types of lichens the three most common are crustose,(flat and crusty), foliose (leafy), and fruticose(shrub-like).Some lichens are a combination of types.Lichens reproduce by means of spores or soredia (powdery vegetative fragment ).
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