Assertion: lichen | /r/CapableOf | enter metabolic suspension
Facets:
value: upon desiccation
type: TEMPORAL
value: like liverworts
type: MANNER
value: like ferns
type: LOCATION
value: like some mosses
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Like some mosses, liverworts, ferns, and a few "resurrection plants", upon desiccation, lichens enter a metabolic suspension or stasis (known as cryptobiosis) in which the cells of the lichen symbionts are dehydrated to a degree that halts most biochemical activity.