Lichenology
(n.) The science which treats of lichens. | ||||
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lichenology
\li`chen*ol"o*gy\ (-j&ybreve;), n. [lichen + -logy.] the science which treats of lichens.
lichenology
\li`chen*ol"o*gy\ (-j&ybreve;), n. [lichen + -logy.] the science which treats of lichens.
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Lichenology
Lichenology is the branch of botany that studies the lichens, symbiotic organisms made up by the association of a microscopical alga with a filamentous fungus.
The taxonomy of lichens was first intensively investigated by the Swedish botanist Erik Acharius (1757-1819), who is therefore sometimes named the "father of lichenology". Acharius was a student of Carolus Linnaeus. Some of his more important works on the subject, which marked the beginning of lichenology as a discipline, are:
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