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Are Lichens Plants?
I know we sometimes discuss lichens here. Not that I would tell anyone not to.
They are a symbiotic combination of a fungus and an alga. Are they still considered plants? Is lichenology still a branch of botany? What about mycology? Iris, Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40 "If we see light at the end of the tunnel, It's the light of the oncoming train." Robert Lowell (1917-1977) |
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Are Lichens Plants?
Xref: 127.0.0.1 sci.bio.botany:19709
Iris Cohen schreef I know we sometimes discuss lichens here. Not that I would tell anyone not to. They are a symbiotic combination of a fungus and an alga. Are they still considered plants? Is lichenology still a branch of botany? What about mycology? Iris, + + + The animals feeding on them regard them as plants. The ICBN does do too. Governments that deal with budgets mostly regard them as plants too (ie no separate budget or often any budget at all)? Mycology the same minus the animals. PvR |
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Mycology the same minus the animals.
What about truffles? Aren't they eaten by pigs? Iris, Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40 "If we see light at the end of the tunnel, It's the light of the oncoming train." Robert Lowell (1917-1977) |
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Mycology the same minus the animals.
Iris Cohen schreef What about truffles? Aren't they eaten by pigs? Iris, AFAIK, Fungi themselves are not eaten by animals. Some of the fruiting bodies are eaten, but not like plants would be, as part of the general vegetation ("grazed"). Fruiting bodies are sought out as delicacies. PvR |
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P van Rijckevorsel wrote: Mycology the same minus the animals. Iris Cohen schreef What about truffles? Aren't they eaten by pigs? Iris, AFAIK, Fungi themselves are not eaten by animals. Some of the fruiting bodies are eaten, but not like plants would be, as part of the general vegetation ("grazed"). Fruiting bodies are sought out as delicacies. Lots of invertebrates eat fungal hyphae in the soil. |
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Toshiba is a one-celled organism? I'm sorry I asked.
;-) Iris, Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40 "If we see light at the end of the tunnel, It's the light of the oncoming train." Robert Lowell (1917-1977) |
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Are Lichens Plants?
From: (Beverly Erlebacher)
In article , P van Rijckevorsel wrote: Mycology the same minus the animals. Iris Cohen schreef What about truffles? Aren't they eaten by pigs? Iris, AFAIK, Fungi themselves are not eaten by animals. Some of the fruiting bodies are eaten, but not like plants would be, as part of the general vegetation ("grazed"). Fruiting bodies are sought out as delicacies. Lots of invertebrates eat fungal hyphae in the soil. Cheese is generally considered quite tasty. People will also eat yeasts in bread, beer, and other ferments. Sean -- Visit my photolog page; http://members.aol.com/grommit383/myhomepage Last updated 08-04-02 with 15 pictures of the Aztec Ruins. Address mungled. To email, please spite my face. |
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On 7/1/03 3:26 PM, Iris Cohen wrote:
I know we sometimes discuss lichens here. Not that I would tell anyone not to. They are a symbiotic combination of a fungus and an alga. Besides of green algas, there are also cyanobacterias (prokaryotic blue-green algas) as photosyntetical partner. It depends what you call 'alga'. This is also not *taxonomical*, but common (traditional) name. Are they still considered plants? Yes, in *wide* and common meaning of this word. The same as 'alga'. Is lichenology still a branch of botany? What about mycology? Yes, traditionally. Or mycology if you wish Lichenology is a branch of mycology, and mycology is traditionally a brach of botany... ;-P "If we see light at the end of the tunnel, It's the light of the oncoming train." Huh! Regards, -- /\/\ichal Smoczyk, msmoczykNOSPAM(at)wp.pl ===delete 'NOSPAM' from my adress=== |
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On 7/2/03 4:11 AM, mel turner wrote:
I know we sometimes discuss lichens here. Not that I would tell anyone not to. They are a symbiotic combination of a fungus and an alga. But the lichen species is the fungal species. Many species of lichens share fewer species of algal symbiont. Yes, I agree. That's why we call them /lichen forming/ and /lichenicolous/ fungi. Most of them are ascomycetes, occasionally the fungus is a basidiomycete (AFAIK in tropics) or deuteromycete (imperfect fungus). There are also parastic and saprophytic fungi which occurs on lichens. And lichens are fungi especially adapted to obtain food from algae living in their hyphae (like prisoners in prison from hyphae Regards, -- /\/\ichau, msmoczykNOSPAM(at)wp.pl Website said: "Use Internet Explorer 5 or better". So i used Mozilla. |
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"If we see light at the end of the tunnel, It's the light of the oncoming
train." Huh! A famous bit of American philosophy. Sorry I can't translate it into Polish. We have an expression, when one has been through a long, arduous ordeal or task, and finally sees success coming, that we see "the light at the end of the tunnel." Mr. Russell's quip is to remind us not to be overoptimistic. Iris, Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40 "If we see light at the end of the tunnel, It's the light of the oncoming train." Robert Lowell (1917-1977) |
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