Fungal genome assemblies and gene sets from metagenomic lichen thalli of two species assembled with SPAdes. Taxonomic assignment of metagenomic reads to Ascomycota was performed with MEGAN and MetaWat
A lichen is a symbiotic association of a fungus and a photosynthesizing partner, such as a green algae or cyanobacterium. The symbiosis is usually obligate for the fungus. The goal of this study was t
A lichen is a symbiotic association of a fungus and a photosynthesizing partner, such as a green algae or cyanobacterium. The symbiosis is usually obligate for the fungus. The goal of this study was t