How do you change your computer screen from landscape to portrait setting? My son was playing with the computer and when I looked at the screen he somehow changed it to a landscape appearance rather than standard portrait.
Lichens have been described as dual organisms because they are symbiotic associations between two (or sometimes more) entirely different types of microorganism 1  -. a fungus (termed the mycobiont). 2  a green alga or a cyanobacterium (termed the photobiont).
This is because a lichen is not a separate organism in the sense of being one type of individual. It is actually a close partnership between a fungus and an alga. (Algae are very simple plants). The two types of organisms in the partnership are so closely interwoven that they appear as a single individual. This individual looks entirely different to either of the partner organisms making up the structure. Lichens are distinctive and they form many different, recognizable types.