Lichens are the symbiotic outcomes of open, interspecies relationships, central to which are
a fungus and a phototroph, typically an alga and/or cyanobacterium. The evolutionary …

Lichens are symbiotic associations resulting from interactions among fungi (primary and
secondary mycobionts), algae and/or cyanobacteria (primary and secondary photobionts) …

Environmental bioindicators are species or communities of animals, plants, bacteria, fungi,
algae, lichens, and planktons whose existence, quantity, and nature can be used to make …

Fungi are ubiquitous and important biosphere inhabitants, and their abilities to decompose,
degrade, and otherwise transform a massive range of organic and inorganic substances …

Microalgae are used in various biotechnological processes, such as biofuel production due
to their high biomass yields, agriculture as biofertilizers, production of high-value-added …

Exposing their vegetative bodies to the light, lichens are outstanding amongst other fungal
symbioses. Not requiring a pre‐established host,'lichenized fungi'build an entirely new …

Several decades of research across disciplines have overturned historical perspectives of
symbioses dominated by binary characterizations of highly specific species–species …

In lichen research, metagenomes are increasingly being used for evaluating symbiont
composition and metabolic potential, but the overall content and limitations of these …

Fungi are one of the most diverse groups of organisms with an estimated number of species
in the range of 2–3 million. The higher-level ranking of fungi has been discussed in the …

Fungi are well-known decomposers of organic matter that thrive in virtually any environment
on Earth where they encounter wealths of other microbes. Some fungi evolved symbiotic …