Lichens of North America
by Irwin M. Brodo, Sylvia Duran Sharnoff, and Stephen Sharnoff; with Selected Drawings by Susan Laurie-Bourque; Foreword by Peter RavenFormat: Trade Book
Pub. Date: 2001-09-10
Publisher(s): Yale University Press
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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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