(mycology, of a fungus) Adapted to live as a symbiont in a lichen.

simple past tense and past participle of lichenize

Relating to, or obtained from lichens

Any of many symbiotic organisms, being associations of algae and fungi, often found as white or yellow-to-blue–green patches on rocks, old walls, etc.

Covered with lichen.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lichenize

(transitive) To cover with lichens.

present participle of lichenize

plural of lichenization

(lichenology) The process by which a fungus becomes a mycobiont of a lichen. / (dermatology) Synonym of lichenification.