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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- History
- The beginnings
- 19th century
- 20th century
- 21st century
- Lichens in pharmacology
- Bibliography
- Notable lichenologists
- Lichenology organizations
- Lichen collections
- See also
- Footnotes
- References
- External links
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Lichenology is the branch of mycology that studies the lichens, symbiotic organisms made up of an intimate symbiotic association of a microscopic alga (or a cyanobacterium) with a filamentous fungus. Lichens are chiefly characterized by this symbiosis.
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