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Lichen vs Bryophyte - What's the difference?

lichen | bryophyte |

As nouns the difference between lichen and bryophyte

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 bryophyte is (botany) any plant of the division bryophyta, defined sensu lato to comprise the mosses, liverworts and hornworts and corresponding to all embryophytes that are not vascular plants.

lichen

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of many symbiotic organisms, being associations of fungi and algae; often found as white or yellow patches on old walls, etc.
  • * 1894 — (Rudyard Kipling), , Lukannon
    • The Beaches of Lukannon–the winter wheat so tall–
    The dripping, crinkled lichens , and the sea-fog drenching all!
  • * 1895 — , , ch XI
    • It was the same rich green that one sees on forest moss or on the lichen in caves: plants which like these grow in a perpetual twilight.
  • * 1915 — (John Muir), , ch V
    • The nibble marks of the stone adze were still visible, though crusted over with scale lichens in most places.
  • (figurative) Something which spreads across something else, causing damage.
  • *
    • Meanwhile, abiding a day of judgment, she fought ceaselessly to deny the bitter drops in her cup, to tear back the slow, the intangibly slow growth of a hot, corrosive lichen eating into her heart.

    Synonyms

    * (something which spreads) (l)

    Derived terms

    * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l)

    See also

    * (lichen) * algae * fungus * Iceland moss * moss * reindeer moss

    References

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    bryophyte

    English

    (wikipedia bryophyte)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (botany) Any plant of the division Bryophyta, defined sensu lato to comprise the mosses, liverworts and hornworts and corresponding to all embryophytes that are not vascular plants.
  • * 1993 , Wilson Nichols Stewart, Paleobotany and the Evolution of Plants , page 77,
    • Without going into their reasons, Bold, Alexopoulos, & DelBevoryas (1980) and Crandall-Stotler (1980) believe that there are at least three independent lines of bryophytes and that this is best reflected by establishing three divisions - the Bryophyta (mosses), Hepatophyta (liverworts), and Anthocerotophyta (hornworts).
  • * 2002', William R. Buck, '''''Bryophytes'' , entry in Niles Eldredge (editor), ''Life on Earth , page 202,
    • Because of their small size and often delicate structure, bryophytes have a poor fossil record, dating back only about 290 million years.
  • * 2003 , (Bill Bryson), A Short History of Nearly Everything , BCA 2003, p. 312:
    • And so it was that I was introduced to Len Ellis and the quiet world of bryophytes – mosses to the rest of us.

    See also

    * Anthocerotophyta (the hornworts) * cryptogam * embryophyte * Marchantiophyta (the liverworts) * pteridophyte * spermatophyte