crustose lichen

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• Crustose — A crustose lichen, Caloplaca marina Crustose is a habit of some types of algae in which the plant grows tightly appressed to a substrate forming a biological layer of the adhering organism. Some species of marine algae of the Rhodophyta, in… …   Wikipedia

• Lichen — For other uses, see Lichen (disambiguation). Lichenes from Ernst Haeckel s Artforms of Nature, 1904 …   Wikipedia

• lichen — lichenization, n. lichenlike, adj. /luy keuhn/, n. 1. any complex organism of the group Lichenes, composed of a fungus in symbiotic union with an alga and having a greenish, gray, yellow, brown, or blackish thallus that grows in leaflike,… …   Universalium

• crustose — adjective /ˈkɹʊs.təʊs,ˈkɹʊs.toʊs/ Of a lichen, growing tightly appressed to the substrate …   Wiktionary

• crustose — [ krʌstəʊs] adjective Botany (of a lichen or alga) forming or resembling a crust. Origin C19: from L. crustosus, from crusta (see crust) …   English new terms dictionary

• crustose thallus — noun thin crusty lichen thallus; adheres closely to or is embedded in the surface on which it grows • Hypernyms: ↑thallus …   Useful english dictionary

• manna lichen — noun any of several Old World partially crustaceous or shrubby lecanoras that roll up and are blown about over African and Arabian deserts and used as food by people and animals • Hypernyms: ↑lecanora * * * noun 1. : any of several Old World… …   Useful english dictionary

• manna lichen — any of several crustose lichens of the genus Lecanora, esp. L. esculenta, found in the African and Arabian deserts, used for food by humans and other animals. [1860 65] * * * …   Universalium

• Flora of the Australian Capital Territory — The Flora of the Australian Capital Territory is the plants that grow naturally in the Australian Capital Territory(ACT). The environments range from Alpine area on the higher mountains, sclerophyll forest, to woodland. Much of the ACT has been… …   Wikipedia

• Cryptothecia rubrocincta — Growing on guayaibi (Patagonula amaricana) tree in Chaco Province, northern Argentina Scientific classification Kingdom …   Wikipedia

• Lichens of Maryland — The following list of Lichens of Maryland is derived from the following sources: *(1) lichens listed in the 1977 publication by Skorepa (Allen C. Skorepa), Norden [http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/resshow/perry/bios/NordenArnold.htm] , and Windler. *(2)… …   Wikipedia