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1. Lichen - Wikipedia
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lichen
Description: WEBLichen. A tree covered with leafy foliose lichens and shrubby fruticose lichens. Common lichen growth forms. Letharia vulpina, wolf lichen, grows like a multiple-branched tuft or leafless mini-shrub, so it has a fruticose growth form. Flavoparmelia caperata has leaf-like structures, so it is foliose.
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2. Lichen | Definition, Symbiotic Relationship, Mutualism, Types,
Link: https://www.britannica.com/science/lichen
Description: WEBMar 1, 2024 · 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 biology with this article.
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3. About Lichens - US Forest Service
Link: https://www.fs.usda.gov/wildflowers/beauty/lichens/about.shtml
Description: WEBAbout Lichens. There are approximately 3,600 species of lichens in North America and those are just the ones we know about! New discoveries are being made every year. Lichens are found all across North America and all over the world.
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4. Lichens (article) | Fungi | Khan Academy
Link: https://www.khanacademy.org/science/biology-essentials/x35f699f4a3703d4e:nomenclature-and-taxonomy/x35f699f4a3703d4e:fungi/a/lichens
Description: WEBA lichen looks like one organism but is, in fact, a combination of two very different types of organisms. One of the component organisms of a lichen, called the phycobiont , is an autotroph. It can make its own food, which it shares with the other component organism, the mycobiont .
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5. Fungus - Lichens, Symbiosis, Photosynthesis | Britannica
Link: https://www.britannica.com/science/fungus/Lichens
Description: WEBFungus - Lichens, Symbiosis, Photosynthesis: A lichen is an association between one or two fungus species and an alga or cyanobacterium (blue-green alga) that results in a form distinct from the symbionts.
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6. What Is a Lichen? Definition and Facts - Science Notes and Projects
Link: https://sciencenotes.org/what-is-a-lichen-definition-and-facts/
Description: WEBFeb 11, 2023 · A lichen is a symbiotic relationship between a fungus and a photosynthetic partner (algae, cyanobacteria, or both). Lichens grow all over the world and can even survive exposure to space. They take many forms and are classified according to the type of fungi they contain as well as their shape.
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7. Lichen: What the fungus is it? | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Link: https://www.fws.gov/story/2023-12/lichen-what-fungus-it
Description: WEBDec 13, 2023. Written By. Julianna Rakowski. Maybe you have seen lichen before, but you just assumed it was a type of moss. Maybe you thought it was a type of fungus, a plant or even something else entirely. Multiple colors of crustose lichen grow on a rocky substrate. | …
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8. Lichen Biology - US Forest Service
Link: https://www.fs.usda.gov/wildflowers/beauty/lichens/biology.shtml
Description: WEBCyanobacteria will give the lichen a dark green, brown, or black color. In some lichens, however, there are no layers of fungus and alga. The individual components are mixed together in one big uniform layer and the resulting growth form is gelatinous. These types of lichens are called jelly lichens.
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9. 3.7: Lichens - Biology LibreTexts
Link: https://bio.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Botany/A_Photographic_Atlas_for_Botany_(Morrow)/03%3A_Fungi_and_Lichens/3.07%3A_Lichens
Description: WEBLichens contain a fungal partner (the mycobiont) that forms the majority of the lichen body (called a thallus) and one or more photosynthetic partners (the photobiont) that are typically found in a thin layer or in isolated pockets.
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10. Introduction to Lichens - University of California Museum of …
Link: https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/fungi/lichens/lichens.html
Description: WEBLichens 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. Most of the lichen is composed of fungal filaments, but living among the filaments are algal cells, usually from a green alga or a cyanobacterium . In many cases ...