Verb
To cover with lichens.
Usage- US usage
- Transitive
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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.
Usage- US usage
- Intransitive
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Today, one in five of all known fungal species form lichens, or "lichenize".