[f. LICHEN sb. + -(O)LOGY.] The science that treats of lichens. Hence Lichenologic, Lichenological adjs., of or pertaining to lichenology.
1855. in Mayne, Expos. Lex.
1856. W. L. Lindsay, Pop. Hist. Brit. Lichens, 3. The lichenological student requires no cumbrous or expensive apparatus. Ibid., 7. A sufficient basis whereupon to found our plea for the study of Lichenology.
1881. Jrnl. Bot., X. 128. He was an excellent lichenologist and published many lichenological papers.
1887. Garnsey & Balfour, trans. De Bary’s Fungi, 419. The Regensburg ‘Flora’ is a rich repertory of Lichenology since 1855.
