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Identifier: guidetostudyofli00schn (find matches)
Title: A guide to the study of lichens
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Schneider, Albert, 1863-1928
Subjects: Lichens
Publisher: Boston, Knight and Millet
Contributing Library: NCSU Libraries
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ly sterile. Apothecia notseen. This lichen is striking in appearance and in theeastern states occurs almost wholly upon pine trees inmountainous districts. It is a handsome, soft, pliableplant, which is only very loosely attached to thebranches of the tree. Some authors place it in thegroup Physcia, This species was at one time highly recommended asa substitute for quinine. It yields a red dye. TheEgyptians at one time employed it in the making ofbread and in the preparation of hair-powders. 2. Evernia vulpina. Thallus large, typically fruti-cose, branches angular, ridged, thickness of branchesdecreasing toward the top ; lemon color. Apotheciavery large, terminal tendency, margin and lower sur-face bearing thalloid filaments. Disk brown, concave.Spores colorless, elliptical, simple, 7.5/x X 5.5^. This is the noted Ulf-mossa (Wolfs moss) ofthe Swedes. It was so named from the popular beliefthat the plant was poisonous to wolves. The lichenwas powdered and mixed with powdered glass; the
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LATK IV. Fnilic.s,. Ivpc. (alif..i-iii:i Aca.lciny SfiiMu-e. Kcetniii ciilpiita. iliis is a t\iiit:illv wcsit-ni species, and thoiiuli trmicti.se lias niany itt ihc cliaracteis offoliose lichens. GENERA AND SPECIES. 165 mixture was then smeared over some dead animalplaced in a locality frequented by the wolves. It wasalso used to dye woollen goods a bright yellow. This is the most showy and largest lichen foundalong the Pacific coast, where it usually occurs fertile ;the specimens found in the interior and eastern statesare small and always sterile. 11. Alectoria. This genus has only a few representatives. The thal-lus is typically fruticose, long and pendulous. At thejoints the thallus is somewhat flattened, otherwise thebranches are cylindrical. There is a semblance toUsnea, but the surface is smoother and the apotheciaare smaller. The color varies from light to brownand nearly black. Oval soralia are c^ten present.The apothecia are few, sessile, small to medium. Diskflattened or co

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