lichenology

English

Etymology

From lichen +‎ -ology.

Noun

lichenology (uncountable)

1. the scientific study of lichens
   • 1995 November 3, Jerry Sullivan, “Field & Street”, in Chicago Reader‎^[1]:

     You start out pulling a few weeds, and the next thing you know you're studying for finals in lichenology.

   • 2001 December 21, Paula T. DePriest, “ECOLOGY: Splendor of Humble Symbionts”, in Science‎^[2], volume 294, number 5551, →DOI, pages 2485–2486:

     Now lichenology has a photo-illustrated guide that should not be overlooked--the long-awaited Lichens of North America.

Related terms

• lichenologic/lichenological
• lichenologist

Translations

scientific study of lichens

• Catalan: liquenologia f
• Dutch: lichenologie f
• Estonian: lihhenoloogia, samblikuteadus
• Finnish: likenologia, jäkälätiede
• French: lichenologie f, lichénologie (fr) f
• German: Lichenologie (de) f, Flechtenkunde f
• Italian: lichenologia f
• Latin: lichenologia f
• Portuguese: liquenologia f
• Spanish: liquenología f