SC - lichen

[Philip & Susan Troy]

Christina van Tets wrote:
> 
> Hello the list!  Maybe lichens had a special exemption?  I had always
> understood that they, like fungi, were not actually part of the plant world.
>   Heh heh, maybe vegetarians ought to refrain from eating any of the other
> kingdoms to keep their name unsullied?
> 
> Cairistiona

Hey, beats a cheeseburger in the name-sullying department. IIRC, lichens
are a symbiotic organism of green algae-type cells and fungus. They can
do photosynthesis as well as the standard fungus breakdown of edible stuff.

Adamantius
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Phil & Susan Troy

troy at asan.com
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