Hellemans K.
(2021):
Reactie op ‘Update Nederlandse namen korstmossen’ [Comment on ‘Update of Dutch names of lichens’] -
Buxbaumiella,
122: 22–24
[in Dutch with English abstract: ]
Recently an update of the official list of Dutch names
for lichens was published (Kolk et al. 2021). In my
opinion, the authors missed a good opportunity to improve the list more thoroughly by renaming, at long
last, all lichens with misleading names.
In Dutch, two words for ‘lichen’ are in use: ‘licheen’ and
‘korstmos’. Translated literally into English, the latter
word would become ‘crust moss’. ‘Korstmos’ is confusing
for beginners, …
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