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Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe is an American musician, composer and sound artist who records under the moniker Lichens. In live performances as Lichens, Lowe incorporates spontaneous arrangements of voice and modular synthesizer patch pieces. Lowe was previously a member of 90 Day Men before beginning the moniker. [1]
The lichen dye is usually extracted by either boiling water or ammonia fermentation. Although usually called ammonia fermentation, this method is not actually a fermentation and involves letting the lichen steep in ammonia (traditionally urine) for at least two to three weeks. In North America the most significant lichen dye is Letharia vulpina ...
Lecanora muralis (Protoparmeliopsis muralis) is a waxy-looking, pale yellowish-green crustose lichen that usually grows in rosettes radiating from a center filled with disc-like yellowish-tan fruiting bodies . [1] It grows all over the world. [2]
The Parmeliaceae is a large and diverse family of Lecanoromycetes.With over 2700 species [2] in 71 genera, it is the largest family of lichen-forming fungi.The most speciose genera in the family are the well-known groups: Xanthoparmelia (822 species), Usnea (355 species), Parmotrema (255 species), and Hypotrachyna (262 species).
Letharia vulpina, commonly known as the wolf lichen (although the species name vulpina, from vulpine relates to the fox), is a fruticose lichenized species of fungus in the family Parmeliaceae. It is bright yellow-green, shrubby and highly branched, and grows on the bark of living and dead conifers in parts of western and continental Europe and ...
Xanthoria parietina is a common and widespread lichen-forming fungus in the family Teloschistaceae.Commonly known as the yellow wall lichen, common orange lichen, or maritime sunburst lichen, this leafy lichen is known for its vibrant yellow to orange coloration and remarkable environmental adaptability.
Candelaria concolor has been used as in anatomical studies of lichen looking at green modules, clusters of algae and hyphae. Electron micrograph images has revealed pockets of a protein called hydrophobin surrounding these modules. [6] It has been postulated that these pockets allow for gas and water exchange to the algal layer of the lichen.
Fog in the coastal parts of the desert provides the necessary moisture for the organisms' survival. In the Namib they grow on shrubs, rocks and pebbles of the gravel plains. These small organisms can densely cover large areas, forming lichen fields. The desert hosts 120 lichen species. Most of them are rare and a significant number of them ...