How the foliose lichen differ from fruicose lichen?

Lichen is the symbiotic association of a fungus (the mycobiont, which provides shelter and structure for the partnership or symbiosis), with an alga or cyanobacterium (the photobiont, also known as...

A lichen is a symbiosis of a fungus and a photosynthetic organism, either a type of bacteria or a plant. The fungus provides protection for the photosynthetic joint of its being, and the bacteria...

Lichen (Lichens, symbiotic associations of a fungus with a photosynthetic partner that can produce food for the lichen from sunlight)

The lichen thallus is the entire lichen, consisting of the fungi part and the algae part. Thallus means that the entire "body" isn't divided into roots, stem and leaves.

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