MadSci Network: General Biology
Query:

Re: How does a lichen reproduce?

Date: Tue May 6 06:12:18 2003
Posted By: Yvonne Buckley, Post-doctoral researcher
Area of science: General Biology
ID: 1048739489.Gb
Message:

Lichens can reproduce both sexually and asexually.  Asexual reproduction 
is the most common method of reproduction and this can happen either 
through a bit of the lichen breaking away and continuing to grow elsewhere 
or through the production of isidia and soredia, specialised structures 
that contain both the fungus and the alga.  Sexual reproduction involves 
the fungal partner producing spores that are dispersed but which must find 
the algal partner anew.  For this reason successful sexual reproduction 
occurs much less frequently than asexual reproduction.
See this website for more information: http://www.nybg.org/bsci/lichens/<
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Yvonne Buckley


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