Lichens of North America

by Irwin M. Brodo, Sylvia Duran Sharnoff, and Stephen Sharnoff; with Selected Drawings by Susan Laurie-Bourque; Foreword by Peter Raven

• ISBN13: 9780300082494
• ISBN10: 0300082495
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2001-09-10
• Publisher: Yale University Press

Summary

This stunning book--the first accessible and authoritative guidebook to lichens of the North American continent--fills the gap, presenting color photos, descriptions, distribution maps, and keys for identifying the most common, conspicuous, or ecologically significant species. 1,500 illustrations.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Lichens
Lichens: The Organism	p. 3
How Lichens Are Built: Thallus Shapes and Structure	p. 9
How Lichens Reproduce	p. 23
Colors of Lichens	p. 34
How Lichens Live: Physiology and Growth	p. 36
Lichen Chemistry	p. 42
Where Lichens Grow: Their Substrates	p. 45
Lichens and Ecosystems	p. 54
Geographic Distributions in North America	p. 62
Lichens and People	p. 78
Environmental Monitoring with Lichens	p. 89
Naming and Classifying Lichens	p. 94
Collecting and Studying Lichens	p. 97
Using This Book to Name a Lichen: Hints and Conventions	p. 111
Guide to the Lichens
Identification Keys to Genera and Major Groups	p. 117
Key to Keys	p. 117
Key A: Fruticose Lichens	p. 118
Key B: Dwarf Fruticose Filamentous Lichens	p. 121
Key C: Sterile Crustose Lichens	p. 122
Key D: Crustose Perithecial Lichens and Lichens with Ascomata Resembling Perithecia	p. 124
Key E: Crustose Script Lichens	p. 126
Key F: Crustose Disk Lichens	p. 126
Key G: Squamulose Lichens	p. 134
Key H: Umbilicate and Fan-Shaped Lichens	p. 136
Key I: Jelly Lichens	p. 137
Key J: Yellow Foliose Lichens	p. 137
Key K: Foliose Lichens That Are not Umbilicate, Jelly-Like, or Yellow	p. 139
Descriptions, Illustrations, Keys to Species, and Maps	p. 145
Classification of Lichen Fungi	p. 751
Glossary	p. 755
Further Reading and Bibliography	p. 765
Index of Names	p. 771
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