Author:

Brodo, Irwin M.  Search this

Photographer:

Sharnoff, Sylvia Duran 1944-  Search this

Sharnoff, Stephen 1944-  Search this

Illustrator:

Laurie-Bourque, Susan  Search this

Physical description:

xi, 427 pages : illustrations, color ; 28 cm

Type:

Identification

Field guides

Place:

North America

Date:

2016

Notes:

"Published with the collaboration of the Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada."

Contents:

Key to keys -- Key A : Fruticose lichens -- Key B : Dwarf fruticose lichens -- Key C : Sterile crustose lichens -- Key D : Crustose perithecial lichens and lichens with ascomata resembling perithecia -- Key E : Crustose script lichens -- Key F : Crustose disk lichens -- Key G : Squamulose lichens -- Key H : Umbilicate and fan-shaped lichens -- Key I : Jelly lichens -- Key J : Orange to yellow or yellowish green foliose lichens -- Key K : Foliose lichens that are not umbilicate, jelly-like, or yellowish -- Identification keys to species

Summary:

Based on the acclaimed reference Lichens of North America, this resource for the classroom, field, and laboratory presents updated and expanded keys for the identification of over 2,000 species of lichens indigenous to the continent, twice the number covered by previous keys. The book includes a glossary illustrated with photographs by Sylvia Duran Sharnoff and Stephen Sharnoff and drawings by Susan Laurie-Bourque, all from the original book. The revised keys are an indispensable identification tool for botanists, students, scientists, and enthusiasts alike.--COVER.

Topic:

Lichens  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1101192