lichenize
verbEtymology From lichen + -ize.
1
US To cover with lichens.
- They found that the same species of mycobiont could lichenize different species of alga , resulting in essentially identical lichens.2023, Lorentz C. Pearson, The Diversity and Evolution of Plants, page 213:
2
US To form a lichen or species of lichen.
- Today, one in five of all known fungal species form lichens, or "lichenize".2021, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds ..., page 86: