Q200 / 200 · NEET 2004 · Zoology

Lichens are well known combination of an alga and a fungus where fungus has:

  • A
    a saprophytic relationship with the alga
  • B
    an epiphytic relationship with the alga
  • C
    a parasitic relationship with alga
  • Correct answer
    D
    a symbiotic relationship with alga.

Solution

Lichens are the symbiotic relation that consist of two unrelated components, an alga and/or cyanobacterium (photobiont) and a fungus (mycobiont).

Hence, the correct answer is option: 'D'.

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