Periodic Reporting for period 2 - Tropical lichens (Symbionts and changing environment: Lichen diversity and photobiont associations in tropical mountain ecosystems)

Lichen symbioses are stable mutualistic associations in which eukaryotic algae and/or cyanobacteria provide carbohydrates for heterotrophic fungi. This represents a highly successful nutritional strategy, which allows symbiotic organisms to greatly expand their ecological...