Symbiotic Relationships of Fungi

Air Pollution indicators Pioneer of Ecological Succession

Functions of Lichens

relationship between fungus and plant roots

Mycorrhizae

The part that is pushed into the cell membrane

Arbuscule

Hyphae extends into the roots between plant cells

Ectomyccorhizae

Branched hyphae called arbuscular that is pushed into the cell membrane

Endomyccorhizae

Fungi uses the sugar produced by photosynthesis of plants Plants use the water and minerals from the fungi

How does fungi and plants benefit (mycorrhizae)

relationship between fungus and cyanobacteria or green algae

Lichens

which reindeer eat

Reindeer Lichens

used as litmus paper dye or dye yarn

Rocella Lichens

1. Lichens 2.Mycorrhizae

Symbioses of Fungi with

1.Endomyccorhizae 2.Ectomyccorhizae

Two types of Mycorrhizae

1. Crustose - crust like 2.Foliose - leaf like 3.Fruiticose - shrub like

Types of Lichens