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Alphabetical list of named lichen images
Followed by other large images on this website
Images of named taxa are given first, ordered alphabetically, occasionally with comments in the final column. These are followed by images of miscellaneous subjects
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Acarospora citrina |
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Acarospora citrina |
Growing like 'veins' on the rocks |
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Amandinea punctata |
On a clear polycarbonate sheet |
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Aspicilia fruticulosa |
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Aspicilia fruticulosa & Aspicilia vagans |
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Aspicilia |
Endolithic |
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Austroparmelina pruinata |
Painting by G.R.M. Dashorst |
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Austroparmelina pseudorelicina |
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Baeomyces heteromorphus |
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Biatorina erysiboides |
On corroded glass Photo from Ethel Mellor's doctoral thesis |
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Buellia frigida & Buellia foecunda |
Rex Filson illustration |
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Buellia grimmiae |
Rex Filson illustration |
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Buellia subcoronata |
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Byssoloma |
On a leaf |
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Calicium chrysocephalum |
James Sowerby illustration |
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Caloplaca cinnabarina |
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Caloplaca cinnabarina |
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Caloplaca |
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Caloplaca |
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Caloplaca |
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Caloplaca |
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Caloplaca |
On an old shoe. An unidentified black apothecial species is also present. |
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Caloplaca |
On a bitumen path |
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Candelariella ?aurella |
On a concrete path |
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Cetrelia olivetorum |
Showing pseudocyphellae |
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Chrysothrix xanthina |
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Chrysothrix |
On a wooden seat |
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Chrysothrix |
On a wooden power pole |
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Cladia aggregata |
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Cladia aggregata |
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Cladia moniliformis |
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Cladia retipora |
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Cladonia ustulata |
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Cladonia |
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Cladonia |
Distant view of squamules |
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Cladonia |
Close view of massed squamules |
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Cladonia |
Trumpet-like podetia |
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Cladonia |
Detail from previous photo |
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Cladonia |
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Coenogonium implexum |
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Collema coccophorum |
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Collema |
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Conotrema urceolatum |
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Cryptothecia scripta |
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Dictyonema sericeum |
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Dictyonema sericeum |
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Diploicia canescens |
On corroded glass Photo from a 1922 paper by Mellor & Davy de Virville |
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Diploschistes thunbergianus |
Distant view |
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Diploschistes thunbergianus |
Closer view |
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Diploschistes thunbergianus |
Close view showing apothecia |
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Dirinaria picta |
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Endocarpon pusillum |
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Endocarpon pusillum |
Cortex scraped away to reveal alga |
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Flavoparmelia rutidota |
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Fulgensia cranfieldii |
Close view |
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Fulgensia cranfieldii |
Distant view |
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Fuscopannaria subimmixta |
Close view |
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Fuscopannaria subimmixta |
Distant view |
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Graphina rubens |
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Graphis mucronata |
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Graphis treubii |
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Gyrophora murina |
James Sowerby illustration |
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Haematomma africanum |
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Haematomma eremaeum |
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Heppia despreauxii |
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Herpothallon |
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Heterodea beaugleholei |
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Heterodea muelleri |
Wet |
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Heterodea muelleri |
Dry |
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Heterodermia leucomelos |
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Hypocenomyce australis |
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Hypogymnia pulverata |
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Lasallia papulosa |
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Lasallia pustulata |
Close-up with coralloid isidia |
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Lasallia pustulata |
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Lecanora caesiorubella |
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Lecanora conizaeoides |
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Lecanora epibryon |
On dead grass |
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Lecanora pseudistera |
Close view |
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Lecanora pseudistera |
Distant view |
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Letharia vulpina |
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Lecidea terrena |
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Lecidea |
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Lecidea |
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Leioderma pycnophorum |
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Lepraria lobificans |
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Lichen caninus |
James Sowerby illustration |
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Lichen ceuthocarpus |
James Sowerby illustration |
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Lichen murorum |
James Sowerby illustration |
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Lichen rufescens |
James Sowerby illustration |
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Lichen sylvaticus |
James Sowerby illustration |
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Lichenomphalia chromacea |
Close view |
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Lichenomphalia chromacea |
Distant view |
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Menegazzia platytrema |
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Metus conglomeratus |
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Multiclavula mucida |
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Myelorrhiza antrea |
An example of this species' habitat |
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Neophyllis melacarpa |
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Nephroma cellulosum |
Apothecia |
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Nephroma cellulosum |
Upper side of thallus |
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Nephroma cellulosum |
Upper side of thallus - close view |
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Nostoc |
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Ochrolechia tartarea |
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Opegrapha varia |
Plate 28 from A text-book of general lichenology by Albert Schneider |
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Opegrapha venosa |
James Sowerby illustration |
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Pannaria sphinctrina |
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Paraparmelia lithophiloides |
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Paraporpidia leptocarpa |
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Parmelia signifera |
Showing the pseudocyphellae on the upper side of the thallus |
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Parmeliopsis chlorolecanorica |
Part of an isotype |
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Parmotrema perlatum |
Thallus margin with soralia |
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Peltigera canina |
Plate 72 from A text-book of general lichenology by Albert Schneider |
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Peltigera |
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Peltula |
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Pertusaria pseudodactylina |
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Pertusaria subventosa |
With soralia |
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Pertusaria melaleucoides |
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Pertusaria novaezelandiae |
Unicellular spores |
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Pertusaria |
Spores in asci |
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Phaeographina lamii |
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Phlyctis |
Multi-septate spore |
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Placidium squamulosum |
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Placodium murorum |
On corroded glass Photo from Ethel Mellor's doctoral thesis |
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Placodium murorum |
On corroded glass Photo from Ethel Mellor's doctoral thesis |
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Placopsis perrugosa |
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Placopsis |
Two thalli with superficial cephalodia |
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Pseudocyphellaria billardierei |
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Pseudocyphellaria crocata |
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Pseudocyphellaria multifida |
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Pseudocyphellaria |
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Pseudocyphellaria |
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Psora crystallifera |
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Psora decipiens |
Showing pruinosity |
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Psora decipiens |
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Psora decipiens |
With apothecia |
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Punctelia borreri & Punctelia subrudecta |
Thallus undersides |
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Pyxine cocoes |
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Ramalina siliquosa |
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Ramalina siliquosa, Caloplaca sp. and Tephromela atra |
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Ramboldia petraeoides |
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Relicina gemmulosa |
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Rhizocarpon geographicum |
Distant view |
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Rhizocarpon geographicum |
Close view, with apothecia |
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Roccella canariensis |
Dry |
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Sagedia macrospora |
Illustration from a 1901 paper by Miyoshi |
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Siphula coriacea |
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Siphula coriacea |
A very unusual disc-like form |
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Sporopodium vezdeanum |
On a leaf |
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Stereocaulon ramulosum |
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Sticta limbata |
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Sticta |
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Sticta |
Showing the dot-like cyphellae on the underside of the thallus |
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Stictis |
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Strigula smaragdula |
On a leaf |
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Strigula subtilissima |
On a leaf |
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Strigula subtilissima |
Closer view of perithecia |
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Teloschistes |
Namibian scene |
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Teloschistes |
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Tephromela atra |
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Thamnolia vermicularis |
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Thysanothecium scutellatum |
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Thysanothecium sorediatum |
On a cloth seat in a long-abandoned car |
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Trapelia crystallifera |
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Trapelia |
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Umbilicaria decussata |
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Umbilicaria pustulata |
Plate 27 from A text-book of general lichenology by Albert Schneider |
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Umbilicaria |
Rex Filson illustration |
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Usnea |
Rex Filson illustration |
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Usnea himantodes |
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Usnea inermis |
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Usnea scabrida |
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Usnea |
On a street sign |
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Usnea |
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Usnea |
In tree canopies |
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Xanthomaculina convoluta |
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Xanthomaculina convoluta |
Micro-photographs reproduced from the journal Dinteria |
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Xanthoparmelia amplexula |
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Xanthoparmelia arapilensis |
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Xanthoparmelia baeomycesica |
Part of an isotype |
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Xanthoparmelia convoluta |
Dry |
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Xanthoparmelia cravenii |
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Xanthoparmelia ewersii |
Overall view of thallus |
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Xanthoparmelia ewersii |
Close-up of isidia-free margin |
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Xanthoparmelia ewersii |
Close-up of a densely isidiate area |
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Xanthoparmelia mougeotina |
On a glass bottle |
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Xanthoparmelia notata |
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Xanthoparmelia praegnans |
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Xanthoparmelia pseudoamphixantha |
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Xanthoparmelia pulla |
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Xanthoparmelia reptans |
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Xanthoparmelia reptans |
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Xanthoparmelia semiviridis |
Dry |
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Xanthoparmelia semiviridis |
Wet |
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Xanthoparmelia semiviridis |
With apothecia |
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Xanthoparmelia semiviridis |
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Xanthoparmelia substrigosa |
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Xanthoparmelia taractica |
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Xanthoparmelia versicolor |
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Xanthoparmelia |
On rusted metal |
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Xanthoparmelia |
On rusted metal |
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Xanthoparmelia |
On a discarded kettle |
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Xanthoparmelia |
Closer view of a thallus on the discarded kettle |
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Xanthoparmelia |
On a metal cover in suburban street |
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Xanthoparmelia |
On a disused school bus |
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Xanthoparmelia |
On bitumen |
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Xanthoparmelia |
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Xanthoparmelia |
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Xanthoparmelia |
On pebbles embedded in soil |
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Xanthoparmelia |
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Xanthoparmelia |
On shade cloth |
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Xanthoparmelia |
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Xanthoparmelia |
On subalpine boulders |
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Xanthoparmelia |
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Xanthoria filsonii |
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Xanthoria |
Reddish-purple reaction after application of potassium hydroxide |
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Xanthoria |
Growing on a net |
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Xanthoria |
On a bone |
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Xanthoria & Ramalina |
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Miscellaneous subjects |
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Bird's nest with foliose lichen fragments |
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Mixed lichens on an old leather shoe |
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An unidentified lichen growing on an old leather shoe |
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An unidentified graphid species |
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Unidentified red alga on a twig |
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Mixed lichens on rock in grassland |
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Mixed lichens on rock |
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Mixed lichens on rock |
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Boulders in grassland |
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Biological soil crust dominated by lichens |
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Biological soil crust -dry |
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Biological soil crust - wet |
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Mixed lichens on concrete showing an inhibition zone in the drip-line below a handrail |
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Lichens on a boulder with a metal plaque |
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Paved area |
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Lichens on urban paving |
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Paved area |
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Paved area with lichens |
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Mixed lichens on office window ledge |
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Ghosts of departed lichens |
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Jack Elix |
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Visitors from the |
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Lichens of |
Cover & preface |
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Lichens of |
Two sample pages |
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Charles Knight's drawings |
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Flimsy thalli |
From A text-book of general lichenology by Albert Schneider |
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Thallus variety |
From A text-book of general lichenology by Albert Schneider |
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Homoiomerous thalli |
From A text-book of general lichenology by Albert Schneider |
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Cyphella and pseudocyphella |
From A text-book of general lichenology by Albert Schneider |
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Apothecia and perithecia |
From A text-book of general lichenology by Albert Schneider |
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Asci |
From A text-book of general lichenology by Albert Schneider |
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Spores - simple or transversely septate |
From A text-book of general lichenology by Albert Schneider |
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Muriform spores |
From A text-book of general lichenology by Albert Schneider |
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Spores - some more septate forms |
From A text-book of general lichenology by Albert Schneider |
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Gnomes in a bed of lichen |
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Wool dyed with a |
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Examples of colours produced by lichen dyes Links to a PDF |
Plate 1 from G.F. Hoffmann's prize-winning essay of 1786 |
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Examples of colours produced by lichen dyes Links to a PDF |
Plate 2 from G.F. Hoffmann's prize-winning essay of 1786 |
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Iceland Moss candy |
An 1851 advertisement from The Argus |
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Gathering iwatake |
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A plate from Casimir Roumegučre's Cryptogamie illustrée |
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Plate 14 from Margaret Plues' Rambles in Search of Flowerless Plants |
