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lichens (lichenologists) have
described a
dozen of
these forms: areolate,
byssoid, calicioid, cladoniform, crustose, filamentous, foliose, fruticose, gelatinous...
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powdery gelatinous – jelly-like
filamentous –
stringy or like
matted hair
byssoid – wispy, like
teased wool
structureless There are
variations in growth...
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Coenogonium implexum is a yellow-green
byssoid lichen with
light orange apothecia found in Australia. It is in the
family Coenogoniaceae, and was first...
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Roccellinastrum lagarostrobi is a rare
species of
byssoid (wispy)
lichen in the
family Byssolomataceae.
Found in Australia, it was
formally described...
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Syncesia afromontana is a rare
species of
byssoid lichen in the
family Roccellaceae.
Found in Rwanda, it was
formally described as a new
species in 2010...
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Sagenidiopsis isidiata is a
species of
corticolous (bark-dwelling)
byssoid lichen in the
family Arthoniaceae.
Found in
tropical montane rainforests throughout...
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known from the type locality. The
specific epithet byssoidea refers to the
byssoid (cotton-like or fibrous)
surface of the
upper thallus. This
surface comprises...
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Botryolepraria neotropica is a
species of
saxicolous (rock-dwelling),
byssoid (cottony)
lichen in the
order Verrucariales. It was
formally described as...
- Follman, with
Roccellinastrum spongoideum ****igned as the type species. This
byssoid lichen (appearing wispy, like
teased wool) was
found growing on cactus...
- (pimply), mat
thallus that
lacks a cortex. The
prothallus is dark
brown and
byssoid (i.e., like
teased wool). The
ascospores are
fusiform (spindle-shaped)...
