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 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
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
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
Grows on leaves
What is folicolous