Ethnolichenology—The Use of Lichens in the Himalayas and Southwestern Parts of China
Diversity, 2021 Lichens are used in traditional medicine, food and various other ethnic uses by cultures across the Himalayas and southwestern parts of China. Evidence-based knowledge from historical and modern literatures and investigation of ethnic uses from 1990 ...
Mei-Xia Yang +3 more
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Ruhuna Journal of Science, 2021 Lichens are symbiotic associations between fungi and algae and/or cyanobacteria, consisting of three forms, viz: fruticose, foliose and crustose. Air pollution affects lichen diversity, percent cover, and density.
W.G.D.I. Gunawardana +3 more
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Isolation and characterization of microsatellites in the lichen Buellia frigida (Physciaceae), an Antarctic endemic [PDF]
, 2012 Premise of the study: Microsatellite markers were characterized for an Antarctic endemic, Buellia frigida, to investigate population structure and origin of Antarctic lichens. Methods and Results: Five primer sets were characterized.
Green, T.G. Allan +3 more
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Enumeration and distribution of lichens in Surankote, district Poonch, J & K (India)
Environment Conservation Journal, 2010 An enumeration of 32 species of lichens belonging to 19 genera and 13 families has been done for the first time from Surankote area of Poonch district. The crustose lichens with 19 species exhibit their dominance in the area, followed by foliose lichens
Sajaad Iqbal Khan +2 more
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Modifications in the structure of the lichen Cladonia thallus in the aftermath of habitat contamination and implications for its heavy-metal accumulation capacity [PDF]
, 2017 Phenotypic traits of lichens can be greatly modified by environmental factors. Granulose thalli on soil and podetia, densely covered with granules, referring to common and widespread lichen Cladonia cervicornis subsp.
Boroń, Piotr +3 more
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Antarctic Studies Show Lichens to be Excellent Biomonitors of Climate Change
Diversity, 2019 Lichens have been used as biomonitors for multiple purposes. They are well-known as air pollution indicators around urban and industrial centers. More recently, several attempts have been made to use lichens as monitors of climate change especially in ...
L. Sancho, A. Pintado, T. Green
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The lichens of the Alps – an annotated checklist
MycoKeys, 2018 This is the first attempt to provide an overview of the lichen diversity of the Alps, one of the biogegraphically most important and emblematic mountain systems worldwide.
P. Nimis +6 more
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Association of spiders and lichen on Robben Island, South Africa: a case report
Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2010 The present study is a firstrecord of spider occurrence on Robben Island, South Africa. Some habitats were rich in lichens. As we know, lichens enhance wildlife habitat in less direct ways.
A. Mukherjee +4 more
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Marine cyanolichens from different littoral zones are associated with distinct bacterial communities [PDF]
PeerJ, 2018 The microbial diversity and function of terrestrial lichens have been well studied, but knowledge about the non-photosynthetic bacteria associated with marine lichens is still scarce.
Nyree J. West +5 more
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New records of lichens and allied fungi from the Leningrad Region, Russia. IX
Folia Cryptogamica Estonica, 2018 Eight species of lichens and seven lichenicolous fungi are reported for the first time for St. Petersburg, the whole Leningrad Region or its western or eastern parts.
I. Stepanchikova +6 more
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