Fruticose lichen

Parmelia sulcata 'Hammered Shield Lichen' and unknown fruticose lichen (Ramalina ?) growing on a rotting log, ID needed for fruticose lichen. Votier Flats, Fish Creek Provincial Park, 2008 01 Nov_3513acr

Lichens are interesting organisms that are important in their environment and useful for humans. Some produce chemicals that are potentially dangerous for us.

Fruticose Lichen. This is a young specimen without the formation of the spore producing structures (mazaedia).

The fruticose lichen is a combination of two or more organisms that cannot survive independently. It requires each other’s help to thrive. It consists of namely the fungus and algae or cyanobacteria. The characteristics of the fungus and the alga found in this species are very different from the regular ones found in nature. Continue reading about Fruticose Lichen on our website.

Lichens are interesting organisms. They are diverse, adaptable, functional, and little understood. They play an important role in our natural ecosystems and can let us know when those ecosystems are in trouble. Lichens are beautiful, especially when you view a lichen-drenched Douglas-fir or a colorful crust-covered cliff, and up close when viewed under a hand-lens or microscope.

Mode of Nutrition in Fungi. Types of Nutrition, Difference between Saprophytic, Parasitic & Symbiotic Fungi? What are Predator (Predacious) Fungi? (PPT)

Cladonia cristatella, commonly known as the British soldiers lichen or the British soldiers cup lichen, is a fruticose, cup lichen belonging to the family Cladoniaceae. The species was first described scientifically by American botanist Edward Tuckerman in 1858. Mykulychyn, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Prykarpattya November 2022 #fungi #lichen #forest #Carpathians #theBritishsoldierslichen

One of the primary winter foods for reindeer is reindeer lichen, also known as reindeer moss.