Ascolichenes

plural noun

As·​co·​li·​che·​nes

: a group of lichens comprising all those in which the fungal component is an ascomycete compare basidiolichenes , discolichen, pyrenolichen

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from asc- + Lichenes

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