Definitions
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- adjective mycology Adapted to live as a
symbiont in alichen .
Etymologies
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lichen + -ize + -ed
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Examples
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Large numbers of species of bryophyte (mosses and liverworts), lichen (or lichenized fungi), fungi, and algae occur, as well as many species of invertebrate animals.
Managing biodiversity conservation in a changing environment of the Arctic 2009
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Other examples include lichenized fungi (a symbiosis between a green alga or cyanobacterium and a fungus) and other life that exists in a symbiotic relationship.
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