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Nephroma arcticum

  • Family name: Nephromataceae
  • Common name: arctic kidney lichen
  • Growth form: Lichen
  • Names used on the Toolik-Arctic Geobotanical Atlas maps:
    • Arctic Alaska Tundra Vegetation Map: Nephroma arcticum
    • Toolik Permanent Plots: Nephroma arcticum
    • Imnavait Creek Permanent Plots: Nephroma arcticum
    • Happy Valley Permanent Plots: Nephroma arcticum

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  1. Nephroma arcticum    , arctic kidney lichen
  2. Norway, Oppland, Sel, 10/3/05.
    Image author: Einar Timdal ©
    Website: Lichen Herbarium, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo
    Source of original image

  1. Nephroma arcticum    , arctic kidney lichen
  2. Norway, Oppland, Sel, 10/3/05.
    Image author: Einar Timdal ©
    Website: Lichen Herbarium, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo
    Source of original image

  1. Nephroma arcticum    , arctic kidney lichen
  2. Sigdal 9/29/01.
    Image author: Einar Timdal ©
    Website: Lichen Herbarium, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo
    Source of original image

  1. Nephroma arcticum    , arctic kidney lichen
  2. On acid soil in woodland
    8/22/03 Sweden
    Image author: Leif & Anita Stridvall ©
    Website: Plant Gallery
    Source of original image

  1. Nephroma arcticum    , arctic kidney lichen
  2. The foliose lichens form a broad, flat, leaf-like thallus. Some are found on dry rock surfaces, but more commonly they are found on the forest floor. On the underside of the thallus there are thread-like rhizines, made of tightly woven hyphae. They anchor the lichen, and can conduct water in capillary spaces between the fungal strands.
    Image author: Saskatchewan Education ©
    Website: Saskatchewan Flora and Fauna
    Source of original image

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