Which one of the following is a matching pair of certain organism (s) and the kind of association?
a) Shark and sucker fish – Commensalism
b) Algae and fungi in lichens – Mutualism
c) Orchids growing of trees – Parasitism
d) Cuscuta (dodder) growing – Epiphytism
On other flowering plants
Which one of the following is a matching pair of certain organism (s) and the kind of association?
a) Shark and sucker fish – Commensalism
b) Algae and fungi in lichens – Mutualism
c) Orchids growing of trees – Parasitism
d) Cuscuta (dodder) growing – Epiphytism
On other flowering plants
(b)
Symbiosis (living together) is a special condition of mutualism, in which both the organisms (forming association) have close, permanent physical association, lichens, in which fungi and algae form a close physical association.