Corticolous lichen

A corticolous lichen is a lichen that grows on bark.[1][2] This is contrasted with lignicolous lichen, which grows on wood that has had the bark stripped from it,[3] and saxicolous lichen, which grows on rock.[4]

Examples of corticolous lichens include the crustose lichen Graphis plumierae,[5] foliose lichen Melanohalea subolivacea[6] and the fruticose Bryoria fuscescens.[7]

References
  1. Alan Silverside's Lichen Glossary (a-f), Alan Silverside,
  2. Shukla, V.; Upreti, D.K.; Bajpai, R. (2013). Lichens to Biomonitor the Environment. Springer India. p. 65. ISBN 978-81-322-1503-5. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  3. Alan Silverside's Lichen Glossary (g-o), Alan Silverside,
  4. Alan Silverside's Lichen Glossary (p-z), Alan Silverside,
  5. Lücking, Robert; Archer, Alan W.; Aptroot, André (2009). "A world-wide key to the genus Graphis (Ostropales: Graphidaceae)". The Lichenologist. 41 (4): 363–452. doi:10.1017/S0024282909008305. S2CID 85421300.
  6. Otte, Volker; Esslinger, Theodore L.; Litterski, Birgit (2005). "Global distribution of the European species of the lichen genus Melanelia Essl". Journal of Biogeography. 32 (7): 1221–1241. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01268.x.
  7. Náttúrufræðistofnun Íslands [Icelandic Institute of Natural History] (1996). Válisti 1: Plöntur. (in Icelandic) Reykjavík: Náttúrufræðistofnun Íslands.


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