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DIVISION LICHENES

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Meaning:

Comprising the lichens which grow symbiotically with algae; sometimes treated as an independent group more or less coordinate with algae and fungiplay

Synonyms:

division Lichenes; Lichenes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("division Lichenes" is a kind of...):

division ((botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum)

Meronyms (members of "division Lichenes"):

Lichenales; order Lichenales (category used especially in former classifications for organisms now constituting the division Lichenes)

lichen (any thallophytic plant of the division Lichenes; occur as crusty patches or bushy growths on tree trunks or rocks or bare ground etc.)

Lechanorales; order Lechanorales (category used in some classification systems for all lichens that produce apothecia)

family Lecanoraceae; Lecanoraceae (a fungus family of the division Lichenes)

family Roccellaceae; Roccellaceae; family Pertusariaceae; Pertusariaceae (a fungus family of division Lichenes)

family Usneaceae; Usneaceae (fruticose lichens having prostrate or erect or pendulous thalli: genera Usnea, Evernia, Ramalina, Alectoria)

Cladoniaceae; family Cladoniaceae; family Parmeliaceae; Parmeliaceae (a family of lichens)

Holonyms ("division Lichenes" is a member of...):

Fungi; fungus kingdom; kingdom Fungi (the taxonomic kingdom including yeast, molds, smuts, mushrooms, and toadstools; distinct from the green plants)

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