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English: A lichen consists of a body (a thallus) formed mainly by a fungus, with unicellular algae (green) interspersed within the structure. The two species are mutually interdependent, like cells within a multicellular organism.
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Queller, David C.; Strassmann, Joan E. (November 2009). "Beyond society: the evolution of organismality". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences. 364 (1533): 3143–3155. doi:10.1098/rstb.2009.0095. PMC 2781869. PMID 19805423

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A lichen consists of a body (a thallus) formed mainly by a fungus, with unicellular algae (green) interspersed within the structure. The two species are mutually interdependent, like cells within a multicellular organism.

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