| Interactions among fungi and algae |
| Lichens with algal symbionts |
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Many fungi, especially in the Ascomycota, are obligatory associated with symbionts, either green algae or cyanobacteria. Such symbioses take a rich variety of forms, characteristic of the fungal species. Below you find a sample of the diversity of growth forms of the lichens with algal symbionts. |
| Anaptychia runcinata | ||
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| Cladonia species | |
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| Dibaeis baeomyces | ||
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| Diploicia canescens | ||
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| Heterodermia leucomela | |
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| Hypogymnia physodes | |
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| Lobaria pulmonaria | ||
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| Ophioparma ventosa | |
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| Pleopsidium chlorophanum | |
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| Psora decipiens | |
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| Pycnothelia papillaria | |
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| Roccella tinctoria | |
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| Sphaerophorus globosus | |
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| Stereocaulon spec. | ||
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| Teloschistes flavicans | |
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| Siphula ceratites | Thamnolia vermicularis |
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| Umbilicaria hyperborea | U. cylindrica | |
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| Usnea species | Usnea dasopoga | |
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