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ID: 300249626
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300249626

 

Record Type: concept
lichens (Fungi) (Fungi (kingdom), Eukaryota (domain), ... Living Organisms (hierarchy name))

 

Note: Composite organisms consisting of a fungus and a photosynthetic partner, either a green alga or a cyanobacterium, growing together in a symbiotic relationship. Lichens are named based on the fungal component. They are greenish gray, yellow, brown, or blackish in color, growing in leaflike, crustlike, or branching forms on exposed surfaces such as rocks, tree trunks, and walls. which plays the primary role in determining the lichen's form.
 
Terms:
lichens (Fungi) (preferred,C,U,LC,English-P,D,U,N)
lichen (Fungi) (C,U,English,AD,U,N)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  H.HL

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Agents Facet
Agents Facet
Hierarchy of Living Organisms (hierarchy name)
.... Living Organisms (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of living organisms (entities)
........ living organisms (entities) (G)
Hierarchy of Eukaryota (domain)
............ Eukaryota (domain) (G)
Hierarchy of Fungi (kingdom)
................ Fungi (kingdom) (G)
Hierarchy of lichens (Fungi)
.................... lichens (Fungi) (G)

Related concepts:
source for ....  archil
..................  (vegetable dye, natural dye, ... Materials (hierarchy name)) [300013066]

Sources and Contributors:
lichen (Fungi)............  [VP]
.............................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
lichens (Fungi)............  [GCI Preferred, VP Preferred]
.............................  AATA database (2002-) 125612 checked 26 January 2012
.............................  CDMARC Subjects: LCSH (1988-)
.............................  Judge and Toyne, Oxford Illustrated Encyclopedia (1985) Vol. 2, in Protista Kingdom
.............................  Oxford English Dictionary (1989)
.............................  Random House Unabridged Dictionary (1993)
.............................  Webster's Third New International Dictionary (1961)
 
Subject: .....  [GCI, VP]
............  AATA database (2002-) 125612 checked 26 January 2012
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

 

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