• Biffsbraincell@lemmy.zip
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    3 days ago

    Um say what? Lichens are a complex composite life form that is a symbiotic partnership of two separate organisms, a fungus and an algae or cyanobacterium. Scabs on a rock! The disrespect!

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      Obnoxious creatures they are, always trying to take the shine from mosses. Mosses don’t need symbiosis because they’re perfectly able to survive harsh conditions by themselves. There’s been hardly a need to change their perfect designs for millions of years.

      Lichens are just the result of symbiotic relationships formed whenever fungi and algae or cyanobacteria feel like doing it. They’re a promiscuous lot. Promiscuous scabs on a rock.