A foliose lichen is a lichen with flat, leaf-like lobes, which are generally not firmly bonded to the substrate on which it grows. It is one of the three...

groups are not precisely defined. Foliose lichens may sometimes branch and appear to be fruticose. Fruticose lichens may have flattened branching parts...

crustose, foliose and fruticose are considered to be the three main forms. An areolate lichen is the most common form of crustose lichen. As with all...

appearance; can resemble a foliose lichen but usually has no outer cortex. Cladoniform – squamulose, but with fruticose podetia. Lichens can be classified by...

greenshield lichen, is a foliose lichen that grows on the bark of trees, and occasionally on rock. Flavoparmelia caperata is a medium to large foliose lichen that...

leafy, the lichen may appear to be a foliose lichen, but the underside does not have a "skin" (cortex), as foliose lichens do. Squamulose lichens are composed...

conditions, foliose lichens with broad lobes are prevalent. In comparison, crustose lichens have less surface area than foliose lichens and will tend...

group lichens by "vegetative" thallus types, and forms of "non-vegetative" reproductive parts. Some lichen thalli have the aspect of leaves (foliose lichens);...

foliicolous lichen Also epiphyllous lichen. A lichen that grows on a plant leaf. foliole A small leaf-like outgrowth from the thallus of a foliose lichen. foliose...

parietina is a foliose lichen in the family Teloschistaceae. It has wide distribution, and many common names such as common orange lichen, yellow scale...

Xanthoparmelia toolbrunupensis is a species of foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae, first described scientifically by the lichenologist John Elix...

include humans, cats, dogs, the western honey bee, brown rats, the foliose lichen Parmelia sulcata, and the mollusc genus Mytilus. The term can also apply...

Xanthoparmelia scabrosa, jocularly known as sexy footpath lichen or sexy pavement lichen, is a foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It tolerates a very wide...

and saxicolous lichen, which grows on rock. Examples of corticolous lichens include the crustose lichen Graphis plumierae, foliose lichen Melanohalea subolivacea...

rock shields or rock-shield lichens) is a genus of foliose lichens in the family Parmeliaceae.: 134  This genus of lichen is commonly found in the United...

known as the Arctic sausage lichen, mountain sausage lichen, or rockgrub, is a species of rock-dwelling, foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. First...

Xanthoparmelia conspersa, commonly known as the peppered rock-shield, is a foliose lichen and the type species of genus Xanthoparmelia. It is widely distributed...

lichen, which act as pioneer species of bare rocks. The succession process starts when autotrophic organisms start living in the rocks. [1] Foliose lichens...

Xanthoparmelia cranfieldii is a species of foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae, first described by John Elix in 2003. It is known only from its type...

Peltigera canina, commonly known as the dog lichen, is a widely distributed species of foliose lichen in the family Peltigeraceae. It was originally described...

Parmelia saxatilis, commonly known as the salted shield lichen or crottle, is a species of foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. Several morphologically...

saxicolous (rock-dwelling) foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It is found in high-elevation locations in Sikkim, India. The lichen was formally described...

Parmelia sulcata, commonly known as the hammered shield lichen or cracked-shield lichen, is a foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. First described by Thomas...

Xanthoparmelia africana is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling), foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It is found in Southern Africa. Xanthoparmelia...

jelly lichen, is a species of foliose lichen in the family Collemataceae. Formerly known as Collema conglomeratum, it was renamed in 2013. This lichen has...

known as the candleflame lichen or the lemon lichen, is an ascomycete of the genus Candelaria. It is a small foliose lichen dispersed globally. The vegetative...

of the medulla. Fruticose lichens have one cortex encircling the branches, even flattened, leaf-like forms. Foliose lichens have different upper and lower...

Umbilicaria americana, commonly known as frosted rock tripe, is a foliose lichen of rock faces. Umbilicaria americana has been described as looking like...

known as the yellow ribbon lichen, or the yellow-green ribbon lichen, is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling), foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae...

monotypic, containing the single foliose lichen species Esslingeriana idahoensis, commonly known as the tinted rag lichen. It is found in northwestern North...