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Compound Plant Of Fungus And Alga Crossword Clue

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noun

• any of several eruptive skin diseases characterized by hard thick lesions grouped together and resembling lichens growing on rocks

• any thallophytic plant of the division Lichenes; occur as crusty patches or bushy growths on tree trunks or rocks or bare ground etc.

33%13Fungus that forms a mutualistic relationship with an alga
noun

• a lichen in which the fungus component is a basidiomycete

33%8 Organisms consisting of a fungus and an alga in a symbiotic relationship
noun

• comprising the lichens which grow symbiotically with algae; sometimes treated as an independent group more or less coordinate with algae and fungi

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