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) ...
Lichen is an evolutionarily successful mutualism of an alga (cyanobacteria) and a fungal species that supports different microorganisms’ growth. The symbiotic associations between an alga and a fungus species create an environment within the lichen thallus body. Microbes such as algae, fungi, and end...
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) ...
Domestication of algae by lichen-forming fungi describes the symbiotic relationship between the photosynthetic (green alga or cyanobacterium; photobiont) and fungal (mycobiont) partnership in lichen associations (Goward 1992). The algal domestication implies that the mycobiont cultivates the alga as a ...
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...
Objective: To explore the relationship between various local irritants and etiology of orallichenplanus. 目的: 初步探讨口腔扁平苔癣的发病因素与各种理化刺激的关系. 期刊摘选 Lichenis a form in which green or bluegreen algae and a fungus live together symbiotically. ...
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 ...
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) ...