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Lichens of North America - http://www.lichen.com/
Details of the book of this name, and an interesting introduction to the biology of lichens and their relationships with man and the environment. |
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http://www.lias.net/ - http://www.lias.net/
Provides a global information system for lichenized and non-lichenized ascomycetes. |
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Lichenland - http://ocid.nacse.org/lichenland/
Offers ways to find out more about lichens including Lichenlite, an introduction for children. For more advanced study there is a synoptic key and an identification aid. |
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Introduction to Lichens - http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/fungi/lichens/lichens.html
A lichen is a combination of two organisms which live together intimately. Information on their fossil record, life history and ecology, systematics and morphology. |
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Lichen Portrait Gallery - http://www.lichen.com/portraits.html
Photographs of over eighty species of lichen from North America. |
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Letharia vulpina - http://www.lichen.com/bigpix/Lvulpina.html
Photograph of Wolf Lichen which in the past was put to many uses by the indigenous peoples in North America. |
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Catalog of California Lichens - http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/constancea/84/index.html
1575 species have been identified from this state, the great geographic diversity being responsible for the relatively large number of lichens found. |
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Lichen Pictures - http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/cpsu/pictures/0.html
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. |
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Walton Hall Nature Trail - http://www.open.ac.uk/Nature_Trail/Lichen.htm
Take a walk through the churchyard to see what lichens grow on the different man-made outcrops of stone. |
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Lichens: Dual Organisms - http://www.mycolog.com/chapter7.htm
Twenty four photographs ranging from lichen covered rock faces, through individual species to magnified sections, published in a pictorial supplement to the Fifth Kingdom. |
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Lichens as Bioindicators of Air Pollution - http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/Entomology/courses/en570/papers_1996/simonson.html
Technical article discussing how lichens play prominent roles in air pollution studies because of their sensitivity to different gaseous pollutants, particularly sulfur dioxide. |
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Checklist of UK Recorded Lichens - http://www.thebls.org.uk/content/checklist.html
Provides a list of all the species known to be found in the United Kingdom. |
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FIA Lichen Indicator - http://www.fia.fs.fed.us/program-features/indicators/lichen/
The Forest Inventory and Analysis service in the United States monitors the lichen community in order to assess the impact of air pollution on forest health. |
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Cladonia rangifera - http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/dec2000.html
Article by Tom Volk on this lichen, often known as Reindeer Moss, and on lichens in general. |
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Cladonia cristatella - http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/jul2002.html
Article by Tom Volk on the British soldier lichen, where the fungal element is associated with the green alga, Trebouxia erici. |
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Cryptothecia rubrocincta, the Christmas Lichen - http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/dec2006.html
Photographs and article by Tom Volk on this spectacular lichen which can be found in the tropical regions of the Americas. |
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Caloplaca coralloides - http://www.mbari.org/staff/conn/botany/lichens/index.htm
Research project by Megan Kelso provides photographs and plenty of information on this lichen which can be found living on rocks close to the sea. |
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Life on the Rocks - http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artjun02/pjlichens.html
A peep into the world of lichens by Paul James with photographs of a number of species growing in Wales. |
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A Lichen in Close-up - http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artoct03/arfungi.html
Images of a lichen at three different magnifications, the most detailed showing the algal and fungal components. |
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Peltigera aphthosa - http://www.borealforest.org/lichens/lichen8.htm
Photograph and description of the freckle pelt or spotted dog lichen, its habitat and other notes. |
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Cladina: Reindeer Lichens - http://www.borealforest.org/lichens/lichen3.htm
Information and photographs of Cladina mitis, C. rangiferina and C. stellaris, their description, habitat and other notes. |
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Cetraria islandica: Iceland Moss - http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Cetraria+islandica
Information on the edible, medicinal and other uses of this lichen from the Plants for a Future database. |
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Verrucaria mucosa - http://www.marlin.ac.uk/speciesinformation.php?speciesID=4573
Photograph and information on this maritime species and a map showing its distribution in Britain. |
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Parelle: Ochrolechia parella - http://www.marlin.ac.uk/speciesinformation.php?speciesID=3933
Photograph and information on this maritime species with a map showing its distribution in Britain. |
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Black Lichen: Lichina pygmaea - http://www.marlin.ac.uk/speciesinformation.php?speciesID=3671
Photograph and information on this maritime species and a map showing its distribution in Britain. |