. British fungi. Fungi -- Great Britain; Botany -- Great Britain; Lichens. Stii-ta piiltiioiiaria, a liclien growing on trees lichens is that of their dual nature, a subject which can only be briefly alluded to in this book. During earlier times it was naturally assumed that lichens, like mosses, ferns, fungi, algae, and other plants, were entities. Some time ago, however, it was clearly demonstrated tliat all lichens are in reality composed of a fungus and one or more algie, living to- gether and collectively constituting a lichen. The fruiting portion of a lichen is always produced by its fu
. British fungi. Fungi -- Great Britain; Botany -- Great Britain; Lichens. Stii-ta piiltiioiiaria, a liclien growing on trees lichens is that of their dual nature, a subject which can only be briefly alluded to in this book. During earlier times it was naturally assumed that lichens, like mosses, ferns, fungi, algae, and other plants, were entities. Some time ago, however, it was clearly demonstrated tliat all lichens are in reality composed of a fungus and one or more algie, living to- gether and collectively constituting a lichen. The fruiting portion of a lichen is always produced by its fungal constituent. This combination of two plants belonging to totally different families to form a third plant having marked characteristics of its own may at first sight appear to be strange, to say the least, but it has its parallel, in a less marked manner, in other groups of the vegetable kingdom. In dealing with the fungi it has been stated that parasitism is an acquired habit, and that ah degrees of parasitism, in the case of I. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Massee, George, 1850-1917. London, G. Routledge
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