Lichens look somewhat like plants but are actually associations of a fungal species that hosts an algal species, both of which cannot survive without the other, because they provide for one another's needs."

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Identify the community interaction that best corresponds to the following example:"
Lichens look somewhat like plants but are actually associations of a fungal species
that hosts an algal species, both of which cannot survive without the other, because
they provide for one another's needs."
Intraspecific arrangement
Predation
Commensalism
Mutualism
Parasitism
Transcribed Image Text:Identify the community interaction that best corresponds to the following example:" Lichens look somewhat like plants but are actually associations of a fungal species that hosts an algal species, both of which cannot survive without the other, because they provide for one another's needs." Intraspecific arrangement Predation Commensalism Mutualism Parasitism
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