Lichens are fungi which form a symbiotic partnership with either green algae (Chlorophycophyta) or blue-green algae (Cyanobacteria). Most of the lichenised fungi are from the phylum Ascomycota but some are from the phylum Basidiomycota.
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Student project on Cladonia cristatella with classification, habitat, phylogenetics and environmental interactions.
1575 species have been identified from this state, the great geographic diversity being responsible for the relatively large number of lichens found.
Article by Tom Volk on the British soldier lichen, where the fungal element is associated with the green alga, Trebouxia erici.
Article by Tom Volk on this lichen, often known as Reindeer Moss, and on lichens in general.
Photographs and article by Tom Volk on this spectacular lichen which can be found in the tropical regions of the Americas.
Each species of lichen has its own preferred substrate. This article describes how and where they grow and the extremes of climate that they can tolerate.
A lichen is a combination of two organisms which live together intimately. Information on their fossil record, life history and ecology, systematics and morphology.
Provides a global information system for lichenized and non-lichenized ascomycetes.
Images of a lichen at three different magnifications, the most detailed showing the algal and fungal components.
Photographs of Acolium hawaiiense, Acroscyphus sphaerophoroides, Anaptychia leucomelos, Bacidia medialis, Bryoria furcellata, B. smithii, Buellia aeruginascens, B. proximata, B. pruinosa, B. tincta, Caloplaca erythrantha and Teloschistes flavicans.
An illustrated introduction to the lichens with information on their ecology and reproduction.
Details of the book of this name, and an interesting introduction to the biology of lichens and their relationships with man and the environment.
A peep into the world of lichens by Paul James with photographs of a number of species growing in Wales.
Photographs and information on the lichens in the Ramalinaceae family found in California and Baja California.
Details of this lichenous member of the family Tricholomataceae.
Outline with diagrams of the two fundamentally different sorts of reproductive bodies possessed by lichens, and the three main types of vegetative reproduction where pieces of lichen detach.
Details of this lichenous member of the family Tricholomataceae.
Student project on Cladonia cristatella with classification, habitat, phylogenetics and environmental interactions.
Details of the book of this name, and an interesting introduction to the biology of lichens and their relationships with man and the environment.
Photographs and information on the lichens in the Ramalinaceae family found in California and Baja California.
Article by Tom Volk on this lichen, often known as Reindeer Moss, and on lichens in general.
Article by Tom Volk on the British soldier lichen, where the fungal element is associated with the green alga, Trebouxia erici.
A peep into the world of lichens by Paul James with photographs of a number of species growing in Wales.
Images of a lichen at three different magnifications, the most detailed showing the algal and fungal components.
1575 species have been identified from this state, the great geographic diversity being responsible for the relatively large number of lichens found.
Photographs and article by Tom Volk on this spectacular lichen which can be found in the tropical regions of the Americas.
Outline with diagrams of the two fundamentally different sorts of reproductive bodies possessed by lichens, and the three main types of vegetative reproduction where pieces of lichen detach.
Provides a global information system for lichenized and non-lichenized ascomycetes.
Each species of lichen has its own preferred substrate. This article describes how and where they grow and the extremes of climate that they can tolerate.
Photographs of Acolium hawaiiense, Acroscyphus sphaerophoroides, Anaptychia leucomelos, Bacidia medialis, Bryoria furcellata, B. smithii, Buellia aeruginascens, B. proximata, B. pruinosa, B. tincta, Caloplaca erythrantha and Teloschistes flavicans.
An illustrated introduction to the lichens with information on their ecology and reproduction.
A lichen is a combination of two organisms which live together intimately. Information on their fossil record, life history and ecology, systematics and morphology.
