Culturing the Lichens Lobaria oregana and L. pulmonaria on Nylon Monofilament
- 31 October 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Mycologia
- Vol. 80 (6) , 811-814
- https://doi.org/10.2307/3807559
Abstract
This paper describes a successful new method to cultivate or transplant lichens. Cuttings of two epiphytic lichens, Lobaria oregana and L. pulmonaria, were strung on nylon monofilament and grown outdoors. In three years the air-dry weights of L. oregana cuttings increased 43-67% and those of L. pulmonaria cuttings increased 17-36%. Lichens stored dry for longer than 90 days were dead.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- The Importance of Epiphytic Lichens in Mineral CyclingThe Bryologist, 1978
- Growth rates of the lichen Lobaria oregana as determined from sequential photographsCanadian Journal of Botany, 1977