The species name of the crustase lichen should not be capitalized.
Mosses clearly fit this category but lichens are very questionable. Lichens are a symbiotic relationship between an algae and a fungus so the question is what type of algae? Most are EITHER green algae (a plant) or cyanobacteria (a bacteria). I'll give you the benefit of the doubt that its a green algae.
tree moss: Climacium americanum
crustase lichen: Caloplaca aractina
The species name of the crustase lichen should not be capitalized.
ReplyDeleteMosses clearly fit this category but lichens are very questionable. Lichens are a symbiotic relationship between an algae and a fungus so the question is what type of algae? Most are EITHER green algae (a plant) or cyanobacteria (a bacteria). I'll give you the benefit of the doubt that its a green algae.