Will phycology and mycology gain by being omitted from general botany texts?
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Phycology is a branch of life science and often is regarded as a subdiscipline of botany.
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The History of phycology is the history of the scientific study of algae.
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Phycology includes the study of prokaryotic forms known as blue-green algae or cyanobacteria.
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His contributions to scientific phycology were of striking interest.
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Thank you also for the helpful correction regarding phycology.
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Accordingly the modern study of marine and freshwater algae is called either phycology or algology.
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It was in the late 19th and early 20th century, that phycology became a recognized field of its own.
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See also mycology, phycology and dendrochronology.
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The branch of botany that studies algae
Phycology (from Greek , phykos, "seaweed"; and , '''') is the scientific study of algae. Phycology is a branch of life science and often is regarded as a subdiscipline of botany.
The scientific study of algae
The study of algae, equivalent to and replacing the older term algology