lichen fungus

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• Lichen — For other uses, see Lichen (disambiguation). Lichenes from Ernst Haeckel s Artforms of Nature, 1904 …   Wikipedia

• Lichen planus — Classification and external resources Lichen planus affecting the shins. ICD 10 L …   Wikipedia

• lichen — ► NOUN ▪ a simple plant consisting of a fungus living in close association with an alga, typically growing as a crust or covering on rocks, walls, and trees. DERIVATIVES lichened adjective lichenous adjective. ORIGIN Greek leikh n …   English terms dictionary

• lichen — [lī′kən] n. [L < Gr leichēn, prob. < leichein, to LICK] 1. any of various small plants composed of a particular fungus and a particular alga growing in an intimate symbiotic association and forming a dual plant, commonly adhering in colored …   English World dictionary

• fungus — fungic /fun jik/, adj. funguslike, adj. /fung geuhs/, n., pl. fungi /fun juy, fung guy/, funguses, adj. n. 1. any of a diverse group of eukaryotic single celled or multinucleate organisms that live by decomposing and absorbing the organic… …   Universalium

• Fungus — Fungi redirects here. You may be looking for Fungi (music) or Fungus (XM). Fungi Temporal range: Early Devonian–Recent (but see text) …   Wikipedia

• lichen — lichenization, n. lichenlike, adj. /luy keuhn/, n. 1. any complex organism of the group Lichenes, composed of a fungus in symbiotic union with an alga and having a greenish, gray, yellow, brown, or blackish thallus that grows in leaflike,… …   Universalium

• lichen — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. fungus growth, fungus alga, thallophyte, epiphyte, symbiont; see also plant . Types of lichen include: foliaceous, crustaceous, fruticose, geLatinous, Iceland moss, reindeer moss, reindeer lichen, Rocella tinctoria, Rocella… …   English dictionary for students

• lichen — A discrete flat papule or an aggregate of papules giving a patterned configuration resembling l. growing on rocks. [G. leichen, l.; a lichenlike eruption] l. myxedematosus a lichenoid eruption of papules on the upper body of mucinous edema due to …   Medical dictionary

• fungus genus — noun includes lichen genera • Hypernyms: ↑genus • Hyponyms: ↑Erysiphe, ↑genus Erysiphe, ↑Neurospora, ↑genus Neurospora, ↑Ceratostomella, ↑genus Ceratostomella, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• lichen — noun Etymology: Latin, from Greek leichēn, lichēn, from leichein to lick Date: circa 1657 1. any of several skin diseases characterized by a papular eruption 2. any of numerous complex plantlike organisms made up of an alga and a fungus growing… …   New Collegiate Dictionary