Bryophilous lichen
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Bryophilous lichen
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A bryophilous lichen is one that grows on a bryophyte – that is, on a moss or liverwort. Those which grow on mosses are known as muscicolous lichens, while those which grow on liverworts are called hepaticolous lichens. Muscicolous derives from the Latin muscus meaning moss, while the suffix colous means "living or growing in or on". Lichens are slow-growing organisms, and so are far more likely to be overgrown by a bryophyte than to overgrow one. However, they are better able to compete if the
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Lichens that had moss or liverworts as the surface on which they live
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryophilous_lichen
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2024-02-16T10:56:02Z
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