(from the article `fungus`) ...plantlike organisms, under a microscope the association is seen to consist of millions of cells of algae (called the phycobiont) woven into a ...
mycobiont 1. The fungal partner of a lichen (algal, fungal symbiosis). 2. The symbiotic fungal constituent of a lichen. Lichens are composite organisms containing one of the fungi and one of the algae or cyanobacteria in symbiotic association.
the fungal component of a lichen.