Assertion: lichen's thallus | /r/CapableOf | become detached
Facets:
value: from the main plant
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: Firstly, because they can reproduce vegetatively and because any part of the thallus that becomes detached from the main plant can continue growing as a new part of the same plant (genetically they are the same individual), it is hard to define the limits of an individual lichen.