crustose lichens

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Palomar Mtn. Lichens
... field and require microscopic examination (400X) of the spores. This is especially true of the crustose lichens where the size (in micrometers), color, shape and type of spore is critical to ... punctata reported on Quercus in the nearby Agua Tibia Wilderness area. Caloplaca cerina Thallus granular-crustose, whitish-gray (sometimes lacking); apothecial disk small (0.5 um) bright orange; spores 2-celled ...
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Home Home Algae Bryophytes Fungi The blotches are crustose lichens (the somewhat orange patch seen magnified below). Less obvious blackened sidewalk surface (seen at top left of the lichen) harbors algae! The image at right (taken at 400x) illustrates some of the cyanophyte algae found on the dry sidewalk. On a dour note, such growths ( ...
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Lichens
Lichens Lichens Image Preview Description Image Preview Description Cladonia-tjv Crustose lichen 130 d Foliose lichen 130 d Foliose lichens 130 d Fruticose lichen 130 d Physia xs 130 d Up one directory. Main Page Suggestions? Comments? Last updated on: Tuesday, June 27, 2006, 13:15:17. Page rendered: Tuesday, June ...
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Parasitic and Epiphytic Plants
... through photosynthesis and the alga receives some of its food and protection from the fungus. Three forms of lichens exist - crustose (flat type of growth), foliose (leaf-like but with prostrate growth), and fruticose (bush-like and erect or hanging growth). The effect of lichens on trees is only slightly damaging. Heavy lichen growth indicates poor tree growth as a result of some ...
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Fruticose Lichen Photos
Fruticose Lichen Photos Wayne's Word Index Noteworthy Plants Trivia Lemnaceae Biology 101 Botany Search Image List Lichen/Varnish Rock Lichens Fruticose Foliose Crustose1 Crustose2 Crustose 3 Fruticose Lichens The pendent fruticose lichen called California Spanish moss (Ramalina menziesii) hanging from the branches of a valley oak (Quercus lobata) in the Coast Ranges of central California. Center ...
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Plant Diversity Syllabus
... A. Habitat and importance B. Life history 1. Plasmodium 2. Sporulation 3. Swarm cells and myxamoebae IV. Acrasiomycetes A. Life cycle 1. Amoebae 2. Aggregation 3. Pseudoplasmodium 4. Sorocarp Part 12. Lichens I. Definition II. Growth forms A. Crustose B. Foliose C. Fruiticose III. Structure A. Upper cortex B. Algal layer C. Medulla D. Lower cortex E ...
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