Lichen vs Gonidium - What's the difference?
lichen | gonidium |
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
* 1895 — , , ch XI
* 1915 — (John Muir), , ch V
(figurative) Something which spreads across something else, causing damage.
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(lichenology, phycology) A photosynthetic algal cell in the thallus of a lichen; a similar asexual reproductive cell in some algae.
(zoology) A special groove or furrow at one or both angles of the mouth of many Anthozoa.
As nouns the difference between lichen and gonidium
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 gonidium is (lichenology|phycology) a photosynthetic algal cell in the thallus of a lichen; a similar asexual reproductive cell in some algae.lichen
English
Noun
(en noun)- The Beaches of Lukannon–the winter wheat so tall–
The dripping, crinkled lichens , and the sea-fog drenching all!
- 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.
- The nibble marks of the stone adze were still visible, though crusted over with scale lichens in most places.
- 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.