How do lichens reproduce?

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Sep 5, 2014

Lichens are a partnership between a fungus and a photosynthetic partner. They both benefit from the relationship and therefore have symbiotic relationship.

There are a variety of ways that they do reproduce.

Many reproduce asexually or by vegetative reproduction. (Sort of like how you make a new plant using cuttings.) or by diaspores. The diaspores have both alga and fungal cells.

Most lichens do reproduce using sexual structures. A few use only these structures.

Reindeer Moss.
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A thallus, sexual structure
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