Biodiv Sci ›› 1994, Vol. 02 ›› Issue (4): 228-230.  DOI: 10.17520/biods.1994037

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Understanding and thinking of concept and definition of “Lichen”

Chen Jianbin   

  1. Institute of Microbiology,Academia Sinica,Beijing 100080
  • Received:1993-12-13 Revised:1994-02-17 Online:1994-11-20 Published:1994-11-20

Abstract:

A new (lefinition  of lichen is proposed in the present paper. That is "a lichen is a symbiotic association of afungus and an alga or a cyanpbacterium resulting in a stable complex-thallus of  specific structure, its essenceand scicntific name  are represented by the mycobiont."