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...

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

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

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...

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...

organisms start living in the rocks. [1] Foliose lichens have leaf-like thalli, while the fruticose lichens are like small bushes. They are attached to...

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

Parmelia squarrosa, commonly known as the bottlebrush shield lichen, is a species of foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It occurs in east Asia, Europe...

Parmelia sulcata is a foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It is very tolerant of pollution and has a cosmopolitan distribution, making it one of...

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...

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...

Other examples include humans, cats, dogs, the western honey bee, 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...

Enchylium polycarpon, commonly known as the shaly jelly lichen, is a species of foliose lichen in the family Collemataceae. Formerly known as Collema polycarpon...

baltimorensis, the rock greenshield lichen (from Lichens of North America), is a medium to large foliose lichen with a yellow green upper thallus surface...

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

Menegazzia globoisidiata is a species of foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It was formally described in 2007 by John Elix, based on specimens...

millegrana, commonly known as the mealy rosette lichen, is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling), foliose lichen in the family Physciaceae. It is common in...

Parmelinella schimperiana is a species of foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It is found in Kenya, Cameroon, and South India, where it typically...

lichen, is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling), foliose lichen in the large family Parmeliaceae. It occurs in eastern North America. The lichen was...

(bark-dwelling), foliose lichen that belongs to the large family Parmeliaceae. The lichen is commonly known as the powder-edged ruffle lichen and is listed...

Physcia ucrainica is a species of foliose lichen in the family Physciaceae, described from the Crimean Peninsula. It occupies a transitional phylogenetic...

Hypogymnia physodes, commonly known as the monk's-hood lichen, is a species of foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It is a common and widespread...

jelly lichens (e.g., from the genera Collema or Leptogium) are large and foliose (e.g., species of Peltigera, Lobaria, and Degelia. These lichen species...

is a common and widespread species of corticolous (bark-dwelling), foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It was first formally described by Carl...