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Schwendenerism|ˈʃwɛndənərɪz(ə)m|
[f. Schwendener + -ism.]
The theory of S. Schwendener, a German botanist (b. 1829) that lichens are parasite fungi growing upon algæ (see quot.).
1882Encycl. Brit. XIV. 556/2 Not being able otherwise to account for the origin of the gonidia, and following up one or two alternatives put forward by De Bary..he [sc. Schwendener] promulgated the hypothesis now familiarly known as Schwendenerism. |