What is Trebouxia?
Trebouxia erici is the photobiont of the British Soldier Lichen. That means this is the organism that helps provide the fungal side of this organism with many of its nutrients. Since fungi cannot photosynthesize, they usually rely on heterotrophic means of acquiring nutrients. How many genera of green algae are Lichenised? 12.1 The lichens: lichenized…