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The Encyclopedia of Soils in the Environment is a multi-volume scientific reference work published by Elsevier in 2005. It provides peer-reviewed articles covering the physical, chemical, and biological properties of soil, as well as its classification, formation, and role in global ecosystems. The...
Cladonia pyxidata is a cup lichen with a two-part growth form consisting of a basal layer of small scales and upright podetia that widen into goblet-like cups. Brown apothecia may develop on the cup margins, giving mature colonies a recognizable appearance. The species grows on exposed soil, includi...
Leptogium gelatinosum is a foliose jelly lichen with a cyanobacterial photosynthetic partner. Its lobes are smooth and dark brown when dry, but they become gelatinous, flexible, and partly translucent after thorough wetting. The species can grow on soil, bark, rocks, and other stable surfaces in moi...
Collema crispum is a gelatinous, foliose lichen now treated in some taxonomic sources under the name Blennothallia crispa. It forms dark green, olive, or nearly black rosettes with broad, overlapping lobes and may produce numerous scale-like isidia that resemble small lobules. It is associated espec...
Trapeliopsis granulosa is a crustose lichen in the family Trapeliaceae, recognized by a granular to warted thallus that is usually white, pale gray, greenish gray, or partly pink. It commonly develops pale cream or yellowish soralia and may form brown to pinkish-brown apothecia. The species grows on...
Endocarpon pusillum is a small squamulose lichen that grows on bare or moss-covered soil and soil over rock. Its brown to ochre squamules are usually attached to a dark basal layer and bear conspicuous black rhizines, while its immersed perithecia produce muriform spores. The species occurs on both...
Collema tenax, currently treated in some sources as Enchylium tenax, is a gelatinous lichen containing a cyanobacterial photobiont. Its dark, tightly attached thallus can become swollen and flexible when wet, a characteristic shared by jelly lichens, and it commonly grows on exposed soil or rock, in...
Lempholemma polyanthes is a small gelatinous cyanolichen whose dark green to black thallus becomes more conspicuous and flexible when wet. It is a calciphile, commonly growing among bryophytes over limestone or calcareous soil, and may also occur on calcareous rock, plant debris, and other basic sur...
