Old Mans Beard
A common green bushy epiphytic lichen that lacks a central cord
What is Alectoria
A disk shaped structure where sexual spores are produced.
What is an apothecium
Used medicinally as an antibiotic
What is Usnea
A class of lichens that prefer areas rich in Nitrogen
What is Nitrophilous or nitrophile
Grows on rock
What is saxicolous
The stalk of a british soldier
What is podetia
Thought to have been used as the original Christmas tree tinsel
What is Usnea longissima
These lichens absorbed radioactive fallout in the 1986 the Chernobyl disaster that can still be measured today.
What is Reindeer lichen
Grows on bark
What is corticolous
A diverse genus that has a stretchy central cord and thrives in unpolluted environments.
What is Usnea?
A globular or fingerlike asexual structure that contains both fungus and photobiont that has a cortex
What is isidia
This bright yellow, fruticose species is used for dye
What is Letharia vulpina, wolf lichen
A large, foliose epiphytic nitrogen-fixing lichen that is particularly sensitive to increases in Sulphur dioxide and acid deposition.
What is Lobaria oregana?
Grows on wood
What is lignicolous
Known from the Pacifc Coast Region, this lichen has large perforations through its thallus that create a netlike appearance.
What is Ramalina menziesii or lace lichen or fishnet lichen
pores in the surface of a lichen thallus that expose the medulla
What are cyphellae
A winter food source and nesting material for the northern flying squirrel and also traditionally prepared food source in North American Indian cultures.
What is Bryoria, horsehair lichen
A widespread, weedy lichen species broadly distributed in the Pacific Northwest and frequently collected for elemental tissue analysis.
What is Platismatia glauca?
Grows on tree resin
What is resinicolous
Aesexual structures that contain the mycobiont and photobiont that are powdery due to a lack of cortex
What are soredia
These lichens contain evernic acid which has been used for a long time in the perfume industry.
What is Evernia or staghorn or oakmoss lichen
Usnea misaminesis samples were placed in various indoor locations in Malaysia to detect this air contaminant.
What is nicotine?
Grows on leaves
What is folicolous