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This category contains articles related to the native lichens of North America. For the purposes of this category, "North America" excludes Central America and the Caribbean. For the purposes of this category, "North America" is defined in accordance with the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD), which calls it ...
But sometimes the parts of a lichen species common name are common names of other lichen genera. For example, Psilolechia lucida, in the genus Psilolechia, is commonly called "sulphur dust lichen". [1] [2] But "sulphur lichen" refers to the genus Fulgensia, and "dust lichen" refers either to the genus Chrysothrix or the genus Lepraria. [1] [3 ...
An example of this lichen-yeast symbiosis is the North American beard-like lichens. [ 51 ] The lichen combination of alga or cyanobacterium with a fungus has a very different form (morphology), physiology, and biochemistry than the component fungus, alga, or cyanobacterium growing by itself, naturally or in culture.
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Usnea filipendula – one of about 20,000 described species of lichen. The following outline provides an overview of and topical guide to lichens.. Lichen – composite organism made up of multiple species – a fungal partner, one or more photosynthetic partners, which can be either green algae or cyanobacteria, and, in at least 52 genera of lichens, a yeast. [1]
An example reference work is Lichens of North America (2001) by Irwin M. Brodo, Sylvia Sharnoff and Stephen Sharnoff and that book's 2016 expansion, Keys to Lichens of North America: Revised and Expanded by the same three authors joined by Susan Laurie-Bourque. [1]
His List of North American Lichens (1873) and An Introduction to the Study of Lichens with a Supplement (1887) were valuable resources for lichen students of his era. [1] Despite advances in lichen biology during his lifetime, Willey never accepted the "dual hypothesis" of lichen nature, which proposed that lichens were composite organisms.
Mosses Lichens & Ferns of Northwest North America. Auburn, WA: Lone Pine Publishing. ... Lichens and Mosses of Montana, a list based on material collected during the ...