Multiple choice

The fungal partner in lichens is often called

  1. mycobiont

  2. phycobiont

  3. isidia

  4. soridia

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Explanation

 Lichens are an intimate symbiosis, in which two species live together as a type of composite organism. Lichens are an obligate mutualism between a fungus mycobiont and an alga or blue-green bacterium phycobiont.