Re: [lojban] Re: Moss and lichen

[John Cowan <jcowan@reutershealth.com>]

Lojbab wrote:


> > At least in older classifications (not sure of the current 
> > biology), while a lichen was a symbiont, it was a symbiont that was 
> > considered to be in the plant kingdom rather than the animal kingdom.


I believe the latest thinking is that the alga does not
benefit from the presence of the fungus, and as such lichens
are really just algae with fungus parasites.


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