Lichen and Protist

Which organism live in symbiosis to make a lichen?

• Fungi and plants or algae

• Grass and soil microbes

• Fungi and cyanobacteria or algae

• fungi and grass

Most lichens are:

• basidomycetes

• microsporidia

• glomeromycetes

• ascomycetes

• zygomycetes

Lichens cans occasionally be:

• microsporidia

• basidiomycetes

• chytridiomycota

• zygomycetes

• glomeromycota

Which type(s) of algae would be paired with fungi to form a lichen.

• green algae

• brown algae

• red algae

• golden algae

• green/blue algae

What is the morphology of the lichen?

• crustose

• squamulose

• foliose

• fruticose

What is the morphology of the lichen?

• crustose

• squamulose

• fruticose

• foliose

What is the morphology of the lichen?

• crustose

• foliose

• fruiticose

• squamulose

What physical feature of a lichen indicates that the environment has high air quality?

• dull colors

• earthy smell

• bright color

• extremely large

Lichens are wrapped in the hyphae of fungi called:

What is the function of soredia?