English > Lichenes: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | Comprising the lichens which grow symbiotically with algae; sometimes treated as an independent group more or less coordinate with algae and fungi. |
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| Synonym | division Lichenes |
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| Member of | Fungi, kingdom Fungi, fungus kingdom | The taxonomic kingdom including yeast, molds, smuts, mushrooms, and toadstools |
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| Members | Cladoniaceae, family Cladoniaceae | A family of lichens |
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| Lecanoraceae, family Lecanoraceae | A fungus family of the division Lichenes |
| Lechanorales, order Lechanorales | category used in some classification systems for all lichens that produce apothecia |
| Lichenales, order Lichenales | category used especially in former classifications for organisms now constituting the division Lichenes |
| Parmeliaceae, family Parmeliaceae | A family of lichens |
| Pertusariaceae, family Pertusariaceae | A fungus family of division Lichenes |
| Roccellaceae, family Roccellaceae | A fungus family of division Lichenes |
| Usneaceae, family Usneaceae | fruticose lichens having prostrate or erect or pendulous thalli |
| lichen | Any thallophytic plant of the division Lichenes |
| Broader | division | (botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum |
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