Lichen Collection

Lichens: coral lichen, Cladia retipora 1, cup lichen, Cladonia perfoliata 2, Cladonia cervicornis ssp. verticillata 3, Cladonia squamosa 4, Cladonia fimbriata 5, Cladoniaceae species 6

Lichen, vertical cut. tundra near Dikson, typical. Russian Arctic. August

Secondary period syphilis symptoms on the body. Maculated erythema on the torso after mercury treatment 1, and papular erythema before treatment 2. Chromolithograph by T. Sinclaire from Freeman J

Calvary of Hio. Galicia. Spain
Calvary of Hio. 1872. Carved by Master Cervino. Depicts the Descent from the Cross. Galicia. Spain

Lichen moths and scarce footman
Lichen-eating caterpillar or lichen moth, Manulea replana 1, 2, and scarce footman, Manulea complana 3. (Unequal and common lithosia, Lithosia replana (dispar)

Larva of the Hemerobius lacewing in lichen, and mites
Larva of the Hemerobius (lacewing) clothed in lichen, with mite, Acarus amictus and little basket mite, Acarus corbicula. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British

Flowery lichen, Usnea florida (Lichen floridus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a drawing by James Sowerby for James Smiths English Botany, 1801

Speckled lichen, Lecanographa lyncea (Lichen lynceus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a drawing by James Sowerby for James Smiths English Botany, 1800

Leptogium biatorinum (Chalk lichen, Lichen cretaceus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a drawing by James Sowerby for James Smiths English Botany, 1800

Roccella or flat-leaved lichen, Lichen fuciformis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a drawing by James Sowerby for James Smiths English Botany, 1800

Dyers lichen or crabs eye lichen, Lichen perellus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a drawing by James Sowerby for James Smiths English Botany, 1800

Dyers lichen or orchall, Roccella tinctoria (Lichen roccella). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from James Smiths English Botany, London, 1794

Yellow wall lichen, Lichen parietinus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from James Smiths English Botany, London, 1794

Iceland moss and tree lungwort
Iceland moss, Cetraria islandica, Lichen d Islande, and tree lungwort, Lobaria pulmonaria, Lichen pulmonaire. Handcoloured steel engraving by Debray after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert

Deaths head hawkmoth, digger wasps, ball lichen
Ball lichen, Sphaerophorus globulus 1, Dynamene crustacean 2, digger wasps, Sphex species 3, 4, and African deaths head hawkmoth, Acherontia atropos, and caterplillar 5

Reindeer lichen, Lichen rangiferinus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany, Longman, Hurst

Prickly saltwort and Iceland moss
Prickly saltwort, Kali turgida 1, and Iceland moss, Cetraria islandica 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar

Worthington George Smith (1835-1917)
Portrait of Worthington George Smith, an English botanist who specialised in fungi and lichens

Pine taiga - forest with forest floor covered in lichens; typical in the basin of river Bolshoi Ugan, near Ugut settlement; spring. Uganskii Nat. reserve, Siberia, Russia;

Typical taiga forest floor in Autumn with lichens, various berries, mushrooms, near river Taz. North Tumen region, Siberia, Russia

Illustration, Lithosidae -- Arctiidae -- Nudaria Mundana, Calligenia Miniata, Setina Irrorella, Setina Aurita, Setina Aurita (variety Ramosa), Setina Mesomella, Lithosia Deplana, Lithosia Sororcula

Natural mixture of various lichens on tundra-floor, . tundra near Dikson, Russian Arctic. Summer, August

Lichen - carpeted forest-floor near river Taz (Cladonia sp.). North Tumen region, Northern Siberia, Russia, spring

Russia - view with lichen covered stone. South Tuva, Russia

Typical lichen on taiga-forest floor near river Taz (Cladonia sp.). North Tumen region, Siberia, Russia

Lobaria pulmonaria, lichen
A cut-out of a lichen specimen held in the crypt herbarium at the Natural History Museum, London

Cetraria islandica, lichen
A cut-out of a branching lichen specimen held in the crypt herbarium at the Natural History Museum, London

Usnea inflata, beard lichen
And Hypogymnia physodes (right), Burnham Beeches, Bucks, W. London. The former is a recent colonist following reductions in SO2 pollution

Regulus regulus, goldcrest
Plate from Paul Jerrards Gems for the Drawing Room:(British) Birds (1852). Hand coloured lithograph

Lichen
This is an example of one of Sri Lankas very rich diversity of lichens

Cladonia sulphuratum, lichen
Cut-outs of lichen specimens held in the crypt herbarium at the Natural History Museum, London

Sticta sp. lichen
A cut-out of a lichen specimen held in the crypt herbarium at the Natural History Museum, London

Nephroma sp. lichen
A cut-out of a lichen specimen held in the crypt herbarium at the Natural History Museum, London

Teloschistes chrysopthalmus, lichen
Lichen shown in its herbarium packet from the collections of the Natural History Museum, London. Some lichens look virtually the same as dried specimens as in the field

Xanthoria parietina, lichen
Shown here is a maritime sunburst lichen. A photograph of the ascus containing eight ascopores

Nostoc sp
A cyanobacterium. Members of this genus occur frequently in lichens, especially those in wet habitats

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Lichens result from an intimate relationship between a fungus and an alga; there are about 18, 000 species

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