Author(s): Trevor Goward, Bruce McCune, Del Meidinger
Publisher: BC Ministry of Forests
Year: 1994
Cover
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INTRODUCTION
Interpreting the Species Accounts
Understanding Biogeoclimatic Zonation
Identifying Lichens
Making Use of Lichen Chemistry
A Note on Common Names
KEYS TO GENERA OF FOLIOSE AND SQUAMULOSE LICHENS
Making Use of the Keys
KEY A: LICHEN GROWTH FORMS
KEY B: NONSTRATIFIED (OR APPARENTLY NONSTRATIFIED) FOLIOSE AND SQUAMULOSE LICHEN GENERA OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
“Gel Lichens”
KEY C: STRATIFIED SQUAMULOSE LICHEN GENERA OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
“Scale Lichens”
KEY D: STRATIFIED FOLIOSE LICHEN GENERA OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
KEYS TO SPECIES OF FOLIOSE AND SQUAMULOSE LICHENS, BY GENUS
AGONIMIA
AHTIANA
ALLANTOPARMELIA
ANAPTYCHIA
ARCTOPARMELIA
ASAHINEA
BRODOA
CANDELARIA
CATAPYRENIUM
CAVERNULARIA
CETRARIA
CETRELIA
COLLEMA
DERMATOCARPON
ENDOCARPON
ERIODERMA
ESSLINGERIANA
FLAVOPUNCTELIA
GONOHYMENIA
HEPPIA
HETERODERMIA
HYDROTHYRIA
HYPOCENOMYCE
HYPOGYMNIA
HYPOTRACHYNA
IMSHAUGIA
KOERBERIA
LASALLIA
LEIODERMA
LEPTOCHIDIUM
LEPTOGIUM
LOBARIA
MASSALONGIA
MELANELIA
MENEGAZZIA
NEOFUSCELIA
NEPHROMA
NORMANDINA
PANNARIA
PARMELIA
PARMELIELLA
PARMOTREMA
PELTIGERA
PELTULA
PHAEOPHYSCIA
PHYLLISCUM
PHYSCIA
PHYSCONIA
PLACYNTHIUM
PLATISMATIA
PSEUDOCYPHELLARIA
PSORA
PSOROMA
PUNCTELIA
RHIZOPLACA
SOLORINA
STICTA
UMBILICARIA
VESTERGRENOPSIS
VULPICIDA
WAYNEA
XANTHOPARMELIA
XANTHORIA
APPENDIX 1. Distribution maps of rare and infrequent foliose and squamulose lichens
APPENDIX 2. Excluded species
GLOSSARY AND ABBREVIATIONS
REFERENCES
INDEX
Figures
FIGURE 1. First- and second-order lichen floristic studies in British Columbia to 1992.
FIGURE 2. “Life zones” of British Columbia.
FIGURE 3. Biogeoclimatic zones of British Columia
FIGURE 4. Thallus stratified/heteromerous
FIGURE 5. Thallus nonstratified/homoiomerous
FIGURE 6. Organs of attachment
FIGURE 7. Lichen growth forms:
FIGURE 8. Surface details
FIGURE 9. Reproductive structures
Tables
TABLE 1. Distributional units and their definition
TABLE 2. Summary information on the biogeoclimatic zones of British Columbia