#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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