Lichens of North America / Irwin M. Brodo, Sylvia Duran Sharnoff, Stephen Sharnoff ; with selected drawings by Susan Laurie-Bourque and published in collaboration with the Canadian Museum of Nature.
xxiii, 795 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 29 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 765-769).
Contents
Lichens: the organism -- How lichens are built: thallus shapes and structure -- How lichens reproduce -- Colors of lichens -- How lichens live: physiology and growth -- Lichen chemistry -- Where lichens grow: their substrates -- Lichens and ecosystems -- Geographic distributions in North America -- Lichens and people -- Environmental monitoring with lichens -- Naming and classifying lichens -- Collecting and studying lichens -- Using this book to name a lichen: hints and conventions.