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Go to Lichen Vocabulary (A discussion of lichen growth forms and structures) ... "Lichens are fungi that have discovered agriculture"-- lichenologist Trevor Goward. The lichen fungi (kingdom Fungi) cultivate partners that manufacture food by photosynthesis. Sometimes the partners are algae (kingdom Protista),
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Lichen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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All about lichens and their symbiosis, biology and ecology ... Lichens are amazing living entities, in that they are not a single organism like plants, animals or fungi. Instead every single lichen is the result of two or more separate organisms living permanently together.
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Lichen planus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lichens are unusual creatures. A lichen is not a single organism the way most other living things are, but rather it is a combination of two organisms which live together intimately.
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An introduction to backyard lichesn ... Structurally, lichens are among the most bizarre of all forms of life. That's because every lichen species is actually composed of two, possibly even three, distinct species of organisms. One species is a kind of fungus.
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A lichen can literally eat stones, survive severe cold, and remain dormant for long periods without harm. ... The dainty buttons on the Pseudocyphellaria Lichen are quite showy. If you look carefully of the Hypogymnia you will see that it too is fruiting with less conspicuous green funnel-shaped mushrooms.
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