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  • noun a lichen in which the fungus component is a basidiomycete.

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  • noun biology Any lichen in which the fungus is a member of the Basidiomycota

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  • noun a lichen in which the fungus component is a basidiomycete

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  • Some of these, including a new species of basidiolichen reputedly employed as a hallucinogen by shamans four generations ago, were exceedingly rare and had never been seen by Jim.

    One River Wade Davis 1996

  • Some of these, including a new species of basidiolichen reputedly employed as a hallucinogen by shamans four generations ago, were exceedingly rare and had never been seen by Jim.

    One River Wade Davis 1996

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