Ahmadjian, V/ Jacobs, JB 1987: Studies on the development of synthetic lichens. - In: E. Peveling (ed.): Progress and Problems in Lichenology in the Eighties. . Bibliotheca Lichenologica No. 25. J. Cramer, Berlin-Stuttgart pp. 47-58. [RLL List # 131 / Rec.# 191] Keywords: SYNTHESIS/ MYCOBIONT/ PHOTOBIONT/ PHYSIOLOGY/ DEVELOPMENT/ CULTURE/ SEM/ USNEA/ TREBOUXIA
Abstract: 3 plates. [Reports studies on Usnea strigosa and Antarctic cryptoendolithic lichens. "We suggest that the endolithic lichen is a modification of an epilithic form and that the loss of thallus organization in the endolithic habitat is an environmental response and is not irreversible."]