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4 results for "lichen"

ZB_3_16 Verified Ecology & Biology

ZB_3_16 — Lichen Biology: Symbiosis, Ecology, and Extremophile Survival

Lichens are stable symbiotic associations between a fungal partner (mycobiont, typically an ascomycete) and one or more photosynthetic partners (photobiont — green algae, usually Trebouxia, and/or cyanobacteria, usually

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ZB_2_17 Verified Ecology & Biology

ZB_2_17 — Mycology: Kingdom Fungi

Kingdom Fungi — the second-largest kingdom of eukaryotes after animals, with an estimated 2.2–3.8 million species (only ~150,000 described) — encompasses organisms that obtain nutrition by absorbing dissolved organic mol

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ZB_3_09 Verified Ecology & Biology

ZB_3_09 — Mutualism and Cooperation in Nature

Mutualism — an interspecific interaction in which both partners benefit — is one of the most important ecological relationships on Earth, underpinning ecosystem function from coral reefs to forests to the human gut. The

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R_5_06 Verified Biology & Evolution

R_5_06 — Fungal Kingdom: Deep Evolution, Networks, and Ecological Dominance

The Kingdom Fungi — comprising an estimated 2.2–3.8 million species (of which only ~150,000 have been formally described) — is one of the most ecologically dominant, evolutionarily ancient, and biologically consequential

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