The Fungus-Alga Association in Endolithic Lichens
- 1 November 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The Lichenologist
- Vol. 9 (2) , 123-130
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0024282977000218
Abstract
The fungus-alga relationship in 2 pyrenocarpous [Verrucaria spp.] and 6 discocarpous endolithic lichens [Catillaria sp., Protoblastenia metzleri, Sarcogyne pruinosa var. pruinosa, Caloplaca alociza, Caloplaca sp. and Catillaria reichertiana] was examined by transmission electron microscopy and compared with the fungus-alga relation in epigenous lichens. The mode of contact of the symbionts is essentially the same in both the endogenous and epigenous growth forms.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: