Lichen, any of about 15,000 species of plantlike organisms that consist of a symbiotic association of algae (usually green) or cyanobacteria and fungi. They are found worldwide and occur in a variety of environmental conditions. Learn about lichen biolog
1.(Plants) an organism that is formed by the symbiotic association of a fungus and an alga or cyanobacterium and occurs as crusty patches or bushy growths on tree trunks, bare ground, etc. Lichens are now classified as a phylum of fungi (Mycophycophyta) ...
1.(Plants) an organism that is formed by the symbiotic association of a fungus and an alga or cyanobacterium and occurs as crusty patches or bushy growths on tree trunks, bare ground, etc. Lichens are now classified as a phylum of fungi (Mycophycophyta) ...
Lichen is a symbiotic mutualism of mycobiont and photobiont that harbors diverse organisms including endolichenic fungi (ELF). Despite the taxonomic and ecological significance of ELF, no comparative investigation of an ELF community involving isolation of a pure culture and high-throughput sequencing ...
phenotype resulting from the interactions of a single fungal partner and one or a few photosynthetic partners. However, lichen symbiosis has been shown to be far more complex and may include a wide range of other interacting organisms, including nonphotosynthetic bacteria, accessory fungi, and algae...
Fungal lichen specimens are a fascinating subject of study for botanists, ecologists, and environmental enthusiasts alike. Lichens are unique organisms that arise from a symbiotic relationship between fungi and algae or cyanobacteria. These composite organisms can be found in a variety of habitats, from...
In our photo, the gray spreading fans are the thali and the cups are the fruiting bodies containing the spores. In more familiar fungi, these would be the mushrooms. For more information on the Chicago Lichenological Society,Chi Lichens ...
Advancements in molecular genetics have revealed that hybridization may be common among plants, animals, and fungi, playing a role in evolutionary dynamics and speciation. While hybridization has been well-documented in pathogenic fungi, the effects of t
division Lichenes, Lichenes - comprising the lichens which grow symbiotically with algae; sometimes treated as an independent group more or less coordinate with algae and fungi ascolichen - a lichen in which the fungus component is an ascomycete basidiolichen - a lichen in which the fungus comp...
1.(Plants) an organism that is formed by the symbiotic association of a fungus and an alga or cyanobacterium and occurs as crusty patches or bushy growths on tree trunks, bare ground, etc. Lichens are now classified as a phylum of fungi (Mycophycophyta) ...