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What is Symbiotic? Give example of organisms which exhibit this relationship.

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Some fungal species live in mutually dependent relationship with blue green algae. Such relationships are called symbiotic. These symbiotic life forms are called lichens. In lichens, the fungal component is called the mycobiont and the algal component is known as the phycobiont.

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