Powder-edged ruffle lichen (Parmotrema stuppeum) growing on pine bark. A lichen is a symbiosis between a fungus and an alga. The fungus provides the s

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Powder-edged ruffle lichen (Parmotrema stuppeum) growing on pine bark. A lichen is a symbiosis between a fungus and an alga. The fungus provides the structural support for the lichen partnership, while the alga provides food by photosynthesis. Photographed in Spain.

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Keywords: alga, biological, biology, botanical, botany, europe, european, fungus, green, lichen, nature, parmotrema, plant, powder-edged, ruffle, spain, spanish, stuppeum, symbiont, symbiosis, symbiotic