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Lichens are well known combination of an alga and a fungus where fungus has:
BiologyOrganisms and PopulationsNEETNEET 2004
Options:
  • A a saprophytic relationship with the alga
  • B an epiphytic relationship with the alga
  • C a parasitic relationship with alga
  • D a symbiotic relationship with alga.
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The correct answer is: a symbiotic relationship with alga.
Lichens are the symbiotic relation that consist of two unrelated components, an alga and/or cyanobacterium (photobiont) and a fungus (mycobiont).

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