lichen

As nouns the difference between lichen and basidiolichen

is that lichen is any of many symbiotic organisms, being associations of fungi and algae; often found as white or yellow patches on old walls, etc while basidiolichen is (lichenology) any lichen in which the fungus is a member of the basidiomycota .

As a noun lichen

is any of many symbiotic organisms, being associations of fungi and algae; often found as white or yellow patches on old walls, etc.

As an adjective lichenless is

devoid of lichen.

As nouns the difference between lichen and mycobiont

is that lichen is any of many symbiotic organisms, being associations of fungi and algae; often found as white or yellow patches on old walls, etc while mycobiont is (lichenology) the fungus that is a component of a lichen.

As a noun lichen

is any of many symbiotic organisms, being associations of fungi and algae; often found as white or yellow patches on old walls, etc.

As an adjective lichenized is

(mycology|of a fungus) adapted to live as a symbiont in a lichen.

As nouns the difference between lichen and parietin

is that lichen is any of many symbiotic organisms, being associations of fungi and algae; often found as white or yellow patches on old walls, etc while parietin is the predominant cortical pigment of some lichens, also found in roots of curled dock (rumex crispus ), having an orange-yellow colour and antifungal properties.

As a noun lichen

is any of many symbiotic organisms, being associations of fungi and algae; often found as white or yellow patches on old walls, etc.

As an adjective lichenlike is

resembling or characteristic of lichen.

As nouns the difference between lichen and aetheogam

is that lichen is any of many symbiotic organisms, being associations of fungi and algae; often found as white or yellow patches on old walls, etc while aetheogam is .

As nouns the difference between lichen and orcin

is that lichen is any of many symbiotic organisms, being associations of fungi and algae; often found as white or yellow patches on old walls, etc while orcin is the organic compound 3,5-dihydroxytoluene, found in many lichens and synthesizable from toluene.

As nouns the difference between lichen and orcinol

is that lichen is any of many symbiotic organisms, being associations of fungi and algae; often found as white or yellow patches on old walls, etc while orcinol is a natural phenolic organic compound that occurs in many species of lichen, used in the production of orcein and as a reagent in some chemical tests for pentoses.

As nouns the difference between lichen and scutellum

is that lichen is any of many symbiotic organisms, being associations of fungi and algae; often found as white or yellow patches on old walls, etc while scutellum is any of several shield-shaped structures in insects, grasses etc.