Subject: Re: [lojban] Re: Moss and lichen

From: John Cowan <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 11:31:06 -0500

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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