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Environment & Ecology

Prelims 2014

Lichens, which are capable of initiating ecological succession even on a bare rock, are actually a symbiotic association of

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Explanation

In organisms called lichens, a chlorophyll-containing partner, which is an algae , and a fungus living together.

Fungus provides shelter, water, and minerals to the algae In return, the algae provides food which it prepares by photosynthesis .

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