lichens

Vascular plants

...#62; Cryptogams: non vascular plants such as lichens and mosses that make up the ground or surface layer of vegetation. Full article >>> Vascular plants can be divided into seedless (ex. ferns) and seeded. Vascular seeded plant s can be divided into gymnosperms (ex. pines) and flo...

Phylogenetic tree

...-coding genes, as well as fossil s indicate that lichens have been present on the earth for at least 600 m...ars. Today about 14,000 species of fungi form lichens . Full article >>> A phylogenetic tree is the history of life through time. And a c...

Nonvascular plants

...;> Cryptogams: nonvascular plants such as lichens and mosses that make up the ground or surface layer of vegetation. Full article >>> bryophytes A group of nonvascular plants consisting of the hornworts, liverworts , bryozoans Colon ial invertebrates in which the anus is loca...

Mycorrhizae

...n the form of mycorrhizae , insect symbionts and lichens as well as their potency in breaking down complex organ ic biomolecules such as wood as well as xenobiotics, a critical step in the global carbon cycle. Full article >>> Mycorrhizae . Fungi that form symbiotic relationships with ...

Mycelium

...mutualistic relationship such as mycorrhizae or lichens . Full article >>> mycelium The densely branched network of hyphae in a fungus . myelin a sheath of fatty substance associated with protein that surrounds larger nerve fibers of vertebrates . Full article >>> A ...

Mutualism

...oth organ isms benefit. The class ic example is lichens , which is a symbiosis between an alga and a fungus . Full article >>> mutualism A type of inter action in which two different species derive benefit from their association and in which the association is necessary to both; oft...

Moss

...>> Sphagnum moss , a wide variety of lichens , and some grasses and fast-growing annuals dominate the landscape during the short growing season. Caribou feed on this growth as do vast numbers of insects. Full article >>> Other types of pseudofossils are kidney ore (round shape...

Lichens

...th. The fungal partner (the "mycobiont") in most lichens (98% of them) is an ascomycete. Full article ... and filamentous fungi . There is evidence that lichens might involve a controlled form of parasitism of the algal cells . Full article >>>...

Leukocytes

...functions in the body, such as immune re action . lichens : associations between the cyanobacteria and the fungi . Full article >>> leukocytes White blood cells ; primarily engaged in fighting infection. Full article >>> Two kinds of leukocytes without granules in their...

Fungus

...ia erici, a green alga. It is found in many other lichens as well, and also can be found growing independently. Full article >>> Fungus . A microorganism that lacks chlorophyll . Fusion gene . A hybrid gene created by joining portions of two different genes (to produce a new protein ...