(Cladonia phyllophora)
Glossary
Apothecium
An open, disk-shaped or cup-shaped, reproductive structure, with spore sacs on the upper surface, that produces spores for the fungal partner of a lichen. Plural: apothecia.
Fruticose
Shrubby: referring to the growh form of lichens that may be tufted, draped, or stalked.
Soredium
The reproductive structure of a lichen consisting of a cluster of algal cells (the photobiont) wrapped in fungal filaments (the mycobiont). Plural: soredia.
Squamules
On lichens: small, flat, often overlapping, leaf-like scales without a lower cortex. Adjective: squamulose
Thallus
The vegetative body of a lichen composed of both the alga and the fungus.
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Created: 8/24/2019
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