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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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