1) Alga-fungus combination 2) Alga-fungus symbiosis 3) Algae-fungi composite 4) Disease of the skin 5) Fungus-alga combo 6) Fungus-alga composite 7) Fungus-alga union 8) Fungus-algae alliance 9) Growth on rock walls 10) Growth on trees and rocks 11) Iceland moss 12) It may grow on rocks 13) Mossy growth
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1) Ascolichen 2) Basidiolichen 3) Crotal 4) Crottal 5) Crottle 6) Lecanora 7) Moss 8) Roccella 9) Usnea
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A lichen (ən, sometimes ən ), or lichenized fungus, is a composite organism consisting of a fungus (the mycobiont) and a photosynthetic partner (the photobiont or phycobiont) growing together in a symbiotic relationship. The photobiont is usually either a green alga (commonly Trebouxia) or cyanobacterium (commonly Nostoc), sometimes both. The mo...
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Symbiotic association of an alga and a fungus to form one effective plant, which is able to live under extremely arduous conditions
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A thallus consisting of an alga and fungus intermixed and living in a symbiotic relationship.
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• (n.) One of a class of cellular, flowerless plants, (technically called Lichenes), having no distinction of leaf and stem, usually of scaly, expanded, frond-like forms, but sometimes erect or pendulous and variously branched. They derive their nourishment from the air, and generate by means of spores. The species are very widely distributed,...
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any of about 15,000 species of thallophytic plantlike organisms that consist of a symbiotic association of algae (usually green) and fungi (mostly ... [5 related articles]
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Lichen is actually two types of creature, rolled into one – the alga provides the fungus with food while the fungus offers the alga a cosy living environment. Image: L Sancho A symbiotic relationship between a fungus and an alga. Every lichen (pronounced 'lyken', not 'litchin&quo...
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A combined growing condition of algae and fungus. It looks crusty, and comes in many colors: gray, green, bluish, or browns.
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A large group of symbiotic associations between fungi and green and occasionally blue green algae. Several genera of algae and of fungi are involved and the associations are so stable and of such varied but distinct types that the lichens have been classified into genera and species. A variety of incompatibility phenomena are often manifest between...
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(li´kәn) any of certain plants formed by the mutualistic combination of an alga and a fungus. any of various papular skin diseases in which the lesions are typically small, firm papules set close together.
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Plant-like colonies of fungi and algae that grow on the exposed surface of rocks. Lichen grow at a constant rate within a single geographic area.
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A regular association of an alga or cyanobacterium with a fungus, usually leading to the formation of a plant-like structure.
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A large group of symbiotic associations between fungi and green and occasionally blue-green algae. Several genera of algae and of fungi are involved and the associations are so stable and of such varied but distinct types that the lichens have been classified into genera and species. A variety of incompatibility phenomena are often manifest between individual lichens. Confined to terrestrial habitats and often used as indicators of pollution status of the environment.
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Li'chen (lī'kĕn; 277)
noun [ Latin , from Greek
leichh`n .]
1. (Botany) One of a class of cellular, flowerless plants, (technically called
Lichenes ), having no distinction of leaf and stem, usually of scaly, expanded, frond-like forms, but sometimes erect o...
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Organism that consists of a symbiotic joining of a species of fungi and a species of algae.
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Refers to clinical lesions that various skin diseases cause by the eruption of flat papules.
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A symbiotic growth of fungus and algea. A variety known as reindeer moss is frequently sold in model shops and is used to simulate bushes and trees. Check out this article for further information.
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symbiotic association of a fungus with an algae or cyanobacterium
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One of a class of cellular cryptogamic plants, often of a green, grey, or yellow tint, which grow on the surface of rocks, trees, etc.
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small, plantlike living things made up of an alga and a fungus growing together on a solid surface, such as a rock or a tree
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noun any thallophytic plant of the division Lichenes; occur as crusty patches or bushy growths on tree trunks or rocks or bare ground etc.
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Any organism of a unique group that consists of associations of a specific fungus and a specific photosynthetic organism (an alga or a cyanobacterium) living together in a mutually beneficial relationship (symbiosis). Found as coloured patches or spongelike masses on trees, rocks, and other surfaces,...
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a fungus that grows co-dependently with algae, resulting in an organism that characteristically forms a crustlike or branching growth on rocks or tree trunks
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Refers to clinical lesions that various skin diseases cause by the eruption of flat papules.
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