PARASITIC, MUTUALISTIC, COMMENSALISTIC RELATIONSHIPS (SYMBIOSIS STATE)

Parastic, mutualistic, commensalistic relationships look at the interchanging connections between all three relationships under symbiosis. In one perspective, a parastic relationship does not appear to be symbiotic, but at another it benefits a mutual or a commensalitic relationship. So what is the significance of any of these relationships to each other and to a symbiotic relationship?

 

 

 

 

Various Species of Behavioral Vessels: Parasitic Relationships (Symbiosis State)
Graphite,India Ink & Gouache on Stonehenge Paper, 50 ” x 82” (hxw), 2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PARASITIC RELATIONSHIPS (Moss, Fungus, Lichen, Algae)

 

MUTUALISTIC RELATIONSHIPS (Algae, Fungus, Lichen)

 

COMMENSALISTIC RELATIONSHIPS (Alage, Fungus, Lichen)