Imagine that you are on a nature walk. Your guide points out a lichen growing on a tree trunk and comments that lichens are actually a type of fungi. You know that this description is not correct. Why?
A)Lichens are actually vascular plants that produce hyphae instead of roots.
B)Lichens are actually composed of both fungi and green algae (or cyanobacteria).
C)Lichens are actually composed of both fungi and bryophytes.
D)Lichens are actually bryophytes that produce hyphae instead of roots.

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Lichens are not just fungi, but a symbiotic relationship between a fungus and either green algae or cyanobacteria. They are not vascular plants or bryophytes, although they do have hyphae-like structures.

Imagine That You Are on a Nature Walk