Name the structural and nutritional features of lichens and indicate their role in nature.
September 30, 2020 | Education
| 1) lichens are complex (symbiotic) organisms consisting of a fungus and cyanobacteria or algae; 2) the hyphae of the fungus provide the body with mineral salts and water, and algae and cyanobacteria synthesize organic substances in the light; 3) the role of lichens in nature: participation in soil formation, pioneers of the settlement of unfavorable habitats, a link in the ecosystem nutrition chain.
