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Lichen
A tree covered with leafy foliose lichens and shrubby fruticose lichens
A tree covered with leafy foliose lichens and shrubby fruticose lichens
Letharia vulpina, wolf lichen, grows like a multiple-branched tuft or leafless mini-shrub, so it has a fruticose growth form.
Letharia vulpina, wolf lichen, grows like a multiple-branched tuft or leafless mini-shrub, so it has a fruticose growth form.
Flavoparmelia caperata has leaf-like structures, so it is foliose.
Flavoparmelia caperata has leaf-like structures, so it is foliose.
Caloplaca marina grows like an orange crust coating the rock, so it is crustose.
Caloplaca marina grows like an orange crust coating the rock, so it is crustose.
Moss
Moss
Chloroplasts (green discs) and accumulated starch granules in cells of Rosulabryum capillare
Chloroplasts (green discs) and accumulated starch granules in cells of Rosulabryum capillare
Moss leaf under microscope, showing gemmae and a hair point (40×)
Moss leaf under microscope, showing gemmae and a hair point (40×)
A patch of moss showing both gametophytes (the low, leaf-like forms) and sporophytes (the tall, stalk-like forms)
A patch of moss showing both gametophytes (the low, leaf-like forms) and sporophytes (the tall, stalk-like forms)