#lichen  any thallophytic plant of the division Lichenes; occur as crusty patches or bushy growths on tree trunks or rocks or bare ground etc.
  supertype:  fungus  a parasitic plant lacking chlorophyll and leaves and true stems and roots and reproducing by spores
  subtype:  ascolichen  basidiolichen  lecanora  roccella  beard_lichen  horsehair_lichen  reindeer_moss  crottle  Iceland_moss
  member of:  division_Lichenes__Lichenes  comprising the lichens which grow symbiotically with algae; sometimes treated as an independent group more or less coordinate with Algae and Fungi
     member of:  kingdom_Fungi__Fungi__fungus_kingdom  the taxonomic kingdom of lower plants

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