ADJ.
different
VERB + LICHENIZE
form, lichens
LICHENIZE + NOUN
species
verb
To cover with lichens.
They found that the same species of mycobiont could lichenize different species of alga , resulting in essentially identical lichens.
To form a lichen or species of lichen.
Today, one in five of all known fungal species form lichens, or "lichenize".
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