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Lichens Of Soldiers Delight
Lichens of Soldiers Delight Natural Environmental Area, a nature reserve located in Baltimore County, Maryland. The Soldiers Delight Natural Environment Area The Soldiers Delight Natural Environmental Area (Soldiers Delight NEA) is an environmentally sensitive area consisting of of land, and a visitor center, that is owned by the state of Maryland and managed by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. The land consists of both serpentine barren and upland forest habitats. Chromite was mined at Soldiers Delight NEA until 1860 by Isaac Tyson, and some of the old mine shafts are still present. Four marked trails transverse the area and are a favorite hiking place for both humans and dogs. The most distinctive feature about Soldiers Delight NEA is the number of rare and endangered plants that occur on the serpentine barrens, including some of the wildflowers of Soldiers Delight. These endangered species include the sandp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lichen
A lichen ( , ) is a composite organism that arises from algae or cyanobacteria living among filaments of multiple fungi species in a mutualistic relationship.Introduction to Lichens – An Alliance between Kingdoms . University of California Museum of Paleontology. Lichens have properties different from those of their component organisms. They come in many colors, sizes, and forms and are sometimes plant-like, but are not s. They may have tiny, leafless branches (); flat leaf-like structures ( |
Cladonia Grayi Complex (EU1)
''Cladonia'' is a genus of moss-like lichens in the family Cladoniaceae. They are the primary food source for reindeer/caribou. ''Cladonia'' species are of economic importance to reindeer-herders, such as the Sami in Scandinavia or the Nenets in Russia. Antibiotic compounds are extracted from some species to create antibiotic cream. The light green species ''Cladonia stellaris'' is used in flower decorations. Although the phylogeny of the genus ''Cladonia'' is still under investigation, two main morphological groups are commonly differentiated by taxonomists: the ''Cladonia'' morpho-type and the ''Cladina'' morpho-type. The ''Cladonia'' morpho-type has many more species, and is generally described as a group of squamulose (grow from squamules), cup-bearing lichens. The ''Cladina'' morpho-types are often referred to as forage lichens, mat-forming lichens, or reindeer lichens (due to their importance as caribou winter forage). ''Cladonia perforata'' ("perforate cladonia") is o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lecanora Strobilina (EU)
''Lecanora strobilina'', also known as the mealy rim lichen, is a species of crustose lichen in the family Lecanoraceae. It was originally described as ''Parmelia strobilina'' by German botanist Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel in 1827. It is distributed across North America and the Mediterranean The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Western Europe, Western and Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa ... but has become established in South America and the Galapagos. It can be distinguished from other closely-related species in the genus (including '' L. confusa'') by the presence of the polyphenolic compound decarboxysquamatic acid in thin-layer chromatography (TLC). See also * List of ''Lecanora'' species References strobilina Lichen species Lichens described in 1827 Lichens of North America Taxa named by Kurt Pol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imshaugia Placorodia (EU)
''Imshaugia'' is a genus of seven species of foliose lichens in the family Parmeliaceae. They are commonly known as starburst lichens. Taxonomy The genus was circumscribed by Susan Meyer in 1985 as a segregate of '' Parmeliopsis''. The genus name of ''Imshaugia'' is in honour of Henry Andrew Imshaug (1925–2010), who was an American lichenologist. In a previous study of ''Parmeliopsis'', Meyer noted a group of species (represented by ''P. aleurites'' and ''P. placorodia'') that would be better accommodated in a separate genus. This had been previously noted by other lichenologists: in 1932, Vilmos Gyelnik proposed the section ''Pallidifera'' to include the grey species of ''Parmeliopsis''; in 1936 Johannes Hillmann proposed section ''Rectoconidia'' to contain species with short and straight conidia. Meyer created ''Imshaugia'' on the basis of its emergent and partly marginal pycnidia (they are immersed and laminal in ''Parmeliopsis''), its short, ampulliform (flas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imshaugia Aleurites (EU)
''Imshaugia aleurites'', commonly known as the salted starburst lichen, is a species of foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It has a wide distribution in Europe and North America, and has also been recorded in China. Taxonomy The lichen was first formally described by Swedish lichenologist Erik Acharius in his 1798 work ''Lichenographiae Sueciae Prodromus''; he called it ''Lichen aleurites'', as it was customary at the time, following the practice of Carl Linnaeus' influential work '' Species Plantarum'', to place all lichens in the eponymously named genus ''Lichen''. In 1985, Susan Meyer transferred it to '' Imshaugia'', and assigned it as the type species of that newly circumscribed genus. In North America, it is commonly known as the salted starburst lichen. Description The lichen has a whitish to pale gray thallus comprising lobes measuring 0.5–1.2 mm wide. The thallus is covered with cylindrical, brownish-tipped isidia, except at the tips of the lobes. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graphis Scripta (EU)
''Graphis scripta'' is a crustose lichen in the family Graphidaceae. It is commonly called script lichen, secret writing lichen, or similar names, because its growth pattern makes it looks like writing. '' Stigmidium microspilum'' and '' Arthonia graphidicola'' are associated lichenicolous fungi. It is variable with either curved or stellate apothecia. The margins are carbonaceous Carbon () is a chemical element with the symbol C and atomic number 6. It is nonmetallic and tetravalent—its atom making four electrons available to form covalent chemical bonds. It belongs to group 14 of the periodic table. Carbon makes up ... and raised, without furrows. Mature spores are without color, but become brown with age. References scripta Lichen species Lichens described in 1753 Lichens of Asia Lichens of Europe Lichens of North America Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Ostropales-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flavoparmelia Caperata (EU)
''Flavoparmelia caperata'', the common greenshield lichen, is a foliose lichen that grows on the bark of trees, and occasionally on rock. Identification ''Flavoparmelia caperata'' is a medium to large foliose lichen that has a very distinctive pale yellow green upper cortex when dry. The rounded lobes, measuring wide, usually have patches of granular soredia arising from pustules. The lobes of the thallus may be smooth, but quite often have a wrinkled appearance especially in older specimens. The lower surface is black except for a brown margin; rhizoids attached to the lower surface are black and unbranched. Similar species The very similar '' Flavoparmelia baltimorensis'' grows mainly on rock and has globose, pustular outgrowths (somewhat similar to isidia) on the upper surface of the lobes, but does not produce granular soredia Soredia are common reproductive structures of lichens. Lichens reproduce asexually by employing simple fragmentation and production of soredia an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flavoparmelia Baltimorensis (EU)
''Flavoparmelia baltimorensis'', the rock greenshield lichen (from ''Lichens of North America''), is a medium to large foliose lichen with a yellow green upper thallus surface when dry; its lobes are rounded without pseudocyphellae; and the upper surface is covered with globose, pustule-like growths resembling isidia. The lower surface is black with a narrow brown zone at the margins. Chemistry Cortex, PD−, K−, KC+ yellowish, C− (usnic acid). Medulla, PD+ red-orange, K−, KC+ pink, C− ( protocetraric acid, with or without gyrophoric acid). Habitat On rock in shaded or exposed areas. Similar species The very similar '' Flavoparmelia caperata'' usually grows on the bark of trees, but may be found on rock. The granular soredia produced in irregular soralia distinguishes it from ''F. baltimorensis'', which lacks true soredia Soredia are common reproductive structures of lichens. Lichens reproduce asexually by employing simple fragmentation and production of sore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cladonia Subtenuis (EU1)
''Cladonia'' is a genus of moss-like lichens in the family Cladoniaceae. They are the primary food source for reindeer/caribou. ''Cladonia'' species are of economic importance to reindeer-herders, such as the Sami in Scandinavia or the Nenets in Russia. Antibiotic compounds are extracted from some species to create antibiotic cream. The light green species ''Cladonia stellaris'' is used in flower decorations. Although the phylogeny of the genus ''Cladonia'' is still under investigation, two main morphological groups are commonly differentiated by taxonomists: the ''Cladonia'' morpho-type and the ''Cladina'' morpho-type. The ''Cladonia'' morpho-type has many more species, and is generally described as a group of squamulose (grow from squamules), cup-bearing lichens. The ''Cladina'' morpho-types are often referred to as forage lichens, mat-forming lichens, or reindeer lichens (due to their importance as caribou winter forage). ''Cladonia perforata'' ("perforate cladonia") is o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cladonia Subtenuis (EU)
''Cladonia'' is a genus of moss-like lichens in the family Cladoniaceae. They are the primary food source for reindeer/caribou. ''Cladonia'' species are of economic importance to reindeer-herders, such as the Sami in Scandinavia or the Nenets in Russia. Antibiotic compounds are extracted from some species to create antibiotic cream. The light green species ''Cladonia stellaris'' is used in flower decorations. Although the phylogeny of the genus ''Cladonia'' is still under investigation, two main morphological groups are commonly differentiated by taxonomists: the ''Cladonia'' morpho-type and the ''Cladina'' morpho-type. The ''Cladonia'' morpho-type has many more species, and is generally described as a group of squamulose (grow from squamules), cup-bearing lichens. The ''Cladina'' morpho-types are often referred to as forage lichens, mat-forming lichens, or reindeer lichens (due to their importance as caribou winter forage). ''Cladonia perforata'' ("perforate cladonia") is o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cladonia Subcariosa (EU)
''Cladonia'' is a genus of moss-like lichens in the family Cladoniaceae. They are the primary food source for reindeer/caribou. ''Cladonia'' species are of economic importance to reindeer-herders, such as the Sami in Scandinavia or the Nenets in Russia. Antibiotic compounds are extracted from some species to create antibiotic cream. The light green species ''Cladonia stellaris'' is used in flower decorations. Although the phylogeny of the genus ''Cladonia'' is still under investigation, two main morphological groups are commonly differentiated by taxonomists: the ''Cladonia'' morpho-type and the ''Cladina'' morpho-type. The ''Cladonia'' morpho-type has many more species, and is generally described as a group of squamulose (grow from squamules), cup-bearing lichens. The ''Cladina'' morpho-types are often referred to as forage lichens, mat-forming lichens, or reindeer lichens (due to their importance as caribou winter forage). ''Cladonia perforata'' ("perforate cladonia") is o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cladonia Pleurota (EU)
''Cladonia pleurota'' is a species of fruticose, cup lichen in the family Cladoniaceae. It was first formally described as a new species by German lichenologist Heinrich Gustav Flörke in 1808 as ''Capitularia pleurota''. Ludwig Emanuel Schaerer transferred it to the genus ''Cladonia'' in 1850. In North America, it is known colloquially Colloquialism (), also called colloquial language, everyday language or general parlance, is the linguistic style used for casual (informal) communication. It is the most common functional style of speech, the idiom normally employed in conversa ... as the red-fruited pixie cup or the red-fruited cup lichen. See also * List of ''Cladonia'' species References pleurota Lichen species Lichens described in 1808 Lichens of Europe Lichens of North America Taxa named by Heinrich Gustav Flörke {{Lecanorales-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
