NEET2004ZoologyOrganisms and PopulationsActual
Lichens are well known combination of an alga and a fungus where fungus has:
Options
- Aa saprophytic relationship with the alga
- Ban epiphytic relationship with the alga
- Ca parasitic relationship with alga
- Da symbiotic relationship with alga.
Correct answer
D. a symbiotic relationship with alga.
Step-by-step solution
Lichens are the symbiotic relation that consist of two unrelated components, an alga and/or cyanobacterium (photobiont) and a fungus (mycobiont).