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Lithophyte
Senin, 2026-06-01 13:52:19Lithophytes are plants that grow in or on rocks. Epilithic (or epipetric) lithophytes grow on the surfaces of rocks, while endolithic (or chasmophytes)...
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Senin, 2026-05-18 07:19:26from UV light. Most parrotfish species are herbivores, feeding mainly on epilithic algae. A wide range of other small organisms are sometimes eaten, including...
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Sabtu, 2026-05-30 00:44:34vegetation Algal community types: Epipelic: Algae that grow on sediments Epilithic: Algae that grow on rocks Epipsammic: Algae that grow on (or within) sand...
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Minggu, 2026-05-31 22:42:09Brazil, not far from Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. It is an epiphytic and epilithic species of Philodendron (growing upon trees or rock outcroppings). This...
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Selasa, 2026-05-26 10:07:15plants (in a first stage nitrogen-fixing lichens and cyanobacteria then epilithic higher plants) become established very quickly on basaltic lava, even...
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Senin, 2026-03-23 14:39:44Prize (2022) Scientific career Fields Marine biology Microplastics Institutions University of Plymouth Thesis The Ecology of Epilithic Microalgae (1996)...
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Senin, 2026-06-01 06:28:45Gunnar St.; Jonsson, Gunnar St. (1992). "Photosynthesis and Production of Epilithic Algal Communities in Thingvallavatn". Oikos. 64 (1/2): 222–240. Bibcode:1992Oikos...
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Kamis, 2026-05-21 14:59:27called a saxicolous lichen. Crustose lichens that grow on the rock are epilithic, and those that grow immersed inside rock, growing between the crystals...
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Senin, 2026-05-18 08:15:41corticolous); Placocarpus schaereri (crustose/areolate, epilithic); Staurothele elenkinii (crustose, epilithic); and Wahlenbergiella mucosa (crustose, epilithic)...
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Sabtu, 2025-11-08 16:48:09Gephyrochromid cuspid-like teeth that are flat for removing epixlyic or epilithic algae from wood. In the lake, schools of 30-50 individuals surrounding...
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Senin, 2026-05-18 08:06:12lithophytic, epilithic. epiphloeodal Growing on the surface of bark. Contrast endophloeodal (growing inside, not on, the bark) and epilithic (growing on...
Click to read more »Acaryochloris marina
Senin, 2026-03-23 10:37:10associated with tunicates, and from rocks in intertidal zones (i.e. epilithic). It was first discovered in 1993 from coastal isolates of coral in the...
Click to read more »Codium duthiae
Senin, 2024-04-22 20:33:08Codium duthiae is a species of seaweed in the Codiaceae family. The epilithic green marine alga typically grows to a height of 60 centimetres (24 in)...
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Senin, 2026-03-30 17:27:26; Peña-Salamanca, Enrique; Schuch, Marilia; Lobo, Eduardo A. (2019). "Epilithic diatom flora in Cali River hydrographical basin, Colombia". Rodriguésia...
Click to read more »Schlumbergera
Jumat, 2025-12-19 13:40:53Schlumbergera species grow either on trees (epiphytic) or on rocks (epilithic) and can form sizeable shrubs with woody bases; a height of up to 1.2 m...
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Senin, 2025-12-29 07:53:53pendulous epiphyte in tropical rainforests, some species may also grow epilithic or, rarely, terrestrial. The genus is found widely in Central America...
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Sabtu, 2026-02-07 04:41:51using it as an attachment point are given the designation epiphytic (epilithic is the name given to plants/algae that use rocks or boulders for attachment)...
Click to read more »Cellana grata
Kamis, 2026-05-21 15:39:51Cellana grata is a true limpet, that feeds on epilithic biofilm. This species is found off the coast from Japan to Vietnam. Hylleberg J, & Kilburn RN...
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Senin, 2025-03-17 23:43:59lith- stone Greek λίθος (líthos) aerolithology, endolith, endolithic, epilithic, lithagogue, lithic, lithography, lithology, lithophile, lithophone, lithophyte...
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Minggu, 2025-08-10 00:15:17on the steep limestone ramparts of Cerro Anguciana. Plants that were epilithic had flattened leaves and spikes against the rock. Short, thick, subcormose...
Click to read more »Crustose lichen
Senin, 2026-03-23 04:35:35mineral grains. The upper cortex is usually developed. E.g. Genus Lecidea Epilithic – grows on top of the rock without penetrating the rock substrate. E.g...
Click to read more »Codium geppiorum
Senin, 2024-04-22 20:35:23wide that are attached to sandy substrates with tufts of rhizoids. It epilithic and is found in the intertidal and subtidal zones. In Western Australia...
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Jumat, 2026-05-22 00:07:31Xanthoria elegans, and X. mawsonii. In the Dry Valleys the normally epilithic lichen species (Acarospora gwynnii, Buellia frigida, B. grisea, B. pallida...
Click to read more »Sparisoma cretense
Rabu, 2026-05-06 11:29:32including the Azores. The Mediterranean parrotfish feeds primarily on epilithic and coralline algae, but may also take epiphytic algae (growing on seagrass)...
Click to read more »Didymoglossum
Kamis, 2026-03-19 07:38:38genus of ferns in the family Hymenophyllaceae. It comprises more than 30 epilithic or low-epiphytic species under two subgenera. The genus is accepted in...
Click to read more »Caulerpa scalpelliformis
Senin, 2025-06-30 23:31:54scalpelliformis is a species of seaweed in the Caulerpaceae family. The epilithic green seaweed typically grows to a height of 20 centimetres (7.9 in) and...
Click to read more »Anthurium bonplandii
Selasa, 2024-08-13 21:20:36sect. Pachyneurium, it grows terrestrially or occasionally epiphytic or epilithic. It is often confused with Anthurium jenmanii when young and Anthurium...
Click to read more »Schlumbergera opuntioides
Rabu, 2025-12-31 16:28:00it condenses. S. opuntioides grows on trees (epiphytic) or on rocks (epilithic). It is listed in the category of "near threatened" due to loss of habitat...
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Selasa, 2025-11-04 11:04:41diverse understorey of ferns such as Davallia canariensis (a Macaronesian epilithic fern species) and bryophytes, which require moisture for reproduction...
Click to read more »Ectocarpus
Rabu, 2025-11-19 23:58:49epiphytes on other flora (e.g. seagrass, other alga) or on rocky substrates (epilithic). While commonly attached to a substrate, thalli of Ectocarpus may also...
Click to read more »The Burren
Sabtu, 2026-03-28 17:35:31Burren does not show a clear ecological succession from endolithic to epilithic species. Archaeological evidence from cave finds of butchered bones have...
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Minggu, 2026-03-22 23:19:54Lithophyte – Growing on rocks Endolithic – growing in crevices of rocks. Epilithic – growing on the surface of rocks. Mallee – a term applied to certain...
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Sabtu, 2025-05-10 04:46:53Marie-Galante Rivière du Vieux-Fort Taxonomical and ecological studies on epilithic diatom communities of watercourses from Guadeloupe GEOnet Names Server...
Click to read more »Flavoplaca sol
Senin, 2025-12-08 02:07:21Flavoplaca sol, with its well-defined, cracked-areolate, completely epilithic thallus and sessile apothecia the same colour as its thallus, can be easily...
Click to read more »Acanthophora pacifica
Kamis, 2026-02-19 02:49:29marine environments. (Pg. 138) Distribution & Habitat This species is epilithic, attaching to rocky substrates in the low intertidal to subtidal zones...
Click to read more »Lithothelium austropacificum
Jumat, 2026-03-06 11:14:29thallus forms a thin crust closely attached to the rock (crustose and epilithic), grey-green to yellow-green, and cracked into small irregular plates...
Click to read more »Schlumbergera microsphaerica
Rabu, 2025-12-31 16:26:31locations where it condenses. S. microsphaerica usually grows on rocks (epilithic) or on trees (epiphytic). It is listed as threatened by loss of habitat...
Click to read more »Buellia spuria
Senin, 2025-07-28 14:24:39white to light ashy gray crustose areolate lichen that grows on rocks (epilithic) in montane habitats. It has a black edge from the conspicuous, more or...
Click to read more »Verrucaria muralis
Minggu, 2025-07-06 10:05:47as a new species in 1803 by Swedish lichenologist Erik Acharius. The epilithic thallus of Verrucaria muralis is thin (0.02–0.2 mm thick,) and greyish...
Click to read more »Verrucaria subdevergens
Kamis, 2026-03-26 00:33:16greyish-brown. It can be endolithic (growing within the rock) or thinly epilithic (growing on the surface), and its appearance ranges from continuous to...
Click to read more »Phyllophora crispa
Jumat, 2025-10-03 11:21:26are arranged in rows; on the surface of the stipe is special bladelets. Epilithic, found deep rock pools in the lower littoral and to a depth of 30 m in...
Click to read more »Sphacelaria
Kamis, 2026-05-28 07:12:41and China (S. fluviatilis). Sphacelaria species are epiphytic and/or epilithic in nature, they form filamentous tufts or mats on the surfaces they have...
Click to read more »Codium spongiosum
Rabu, 2026-05-20 07:22:03to Codium lucasii, which adheres more tightly to rock surfaces. It is epilithic in the subtidal and intertidal zones. Mostly situated in calmer waters...
Click to read more »Lecidea hoganii
Selasa, 2023-04-04 01:02:23complex, but a little rosy on the inside". Lecidea hoganii has a crustose, epilithic thallus that is conspicuously raised above the substrate, forming rosettes...
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Minggu, 2026-05-31 02:02:38A.; Ogawa, A.; Kowalski, M.; Celikkol-Aydin, S.; Beech, I. (2017). "Epilithic and endolithic microorganisms and deterioration on stone church facades...
Click to read more »Pyrenodesmia variabilis
Minggu, 2026-05-10 08:54:36of chest tombs and the copings of walls and bridges. It is generally epilithic, meaning that it grows on the surface of rocks, but in a few instances...
Click to read more »Buellia stellulata
Sabtu, 2025-11-01 08:19:36C−, KC−, and CK−. UV fluorescence is − (dark). Buellia stellulata, an epilithic lichen, thrives on siliceous rock surfaces (typically HCl−) and is commonly...
Click to read more »Bryopsis
Minggu, 2026-04-26 18:49:17found to be a possible response to survive. Bryopsis contains mostly epilithic but sometimes free-floating algae that occupy a range of habitats including...
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Minggu, 2026-05-03 08:21:232006. Ndiritu, G. G., N. N. Gichuki and L. Triest. 2006. Distribution of epilithic diatoms in response to environmental conditions in an urban tropical stream...
Click to read more »Lecidella greenii
Selasa, 2025-11-04 00:36:35natural fissures of the granite (chasmolithic) and on the exposed surface (epilithic). Black pycnidia are rare and inconspicuous; they provide an asexual means...
Click to read more »Bulbophyllum nigericum
Minggu, 2025-09-28 05:58:36Bulbophyllum nigericum is an epiphytic or epilithic plant species in the family Orchidaceae. It is native to Cameroon (Enyandong, Mt Kupe and the Bakossi...
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Jumat, 2026-04-17 03:39:47running freshwater streams and rivers. In these environments, they graze on epilithic algae and organic detritus. Their complex respiratory adaptations—specifically...
Click to read more »Acarospora toensbergii
Jumat, 2026-02-27 06:36:10and is unreactive to iodine-potassium iodide (IKI). The lichen lacks an epilithic (on the rock surface) thallus. Its apothecia (fruiting bodies) are round...
Click to read more »Peperomia ursina
Senin, 2026-05-25 03:28:13Bratsi Heredia La Virgen Stoloniferous, appressed-climbing epiphytes or epilithic. Stems: spreading-hirsute with uniseriate hairs, 2–8 x 0.10–0.15 cm, erect...
Click to read more »Anthurium coriaceum
Selasa, 2024-08-13 21:22:49Anthurium of the section Pachyneurium, it grows either terrestrially or epilithically in areas of seasonal dryness. It has erect leaves that feel like leather...
Click to read more »Pyrenocollema
Jumat, 2026-03-06 02:56:21immersed in or growing upon the surface of the substrate (endolithic or epilithic). The thallus may be inconspicuous or barely visible to the naked eye...
Click to read more »Neotricula aperta
Jumat, 2025-08-29 23:13:55γ-strain is epidemiologically significant. Neotricula aperta is exclusively epilithic or epixylic (on rotting wood). Neotricula aperta is found only in shallow...
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Kamis, 2026-05-21 15:03:11northwestern Pacific Ocean off Japan and Taiwan. It primarily feeds on epilithic red algae and detritus growing on rocky surfaces. Coralline algae is less...
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Jumat, 2025-11-07 05:22:41lith- stone Greek λίθος (líthos) aerolithology, endolith, endolithic, epilithic, lithagogue, lithic, lithography, lithology, lithophile, lithophone, lithophyte...
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Kamis, 2026-05-21 22:56:45municipal sewage and buffalo dung), macrophytes, algae of the filamentous and epilithic (aufwuchs) variety, invertebrates such as mollusks, crustaceans, and insects...
Click to read more »Buellia aethalea
Kamis, 2026-05-21 22:44:41aethalea are norstictic and connorstictic acids. This lichen species is epilithic, growing on a variety of siliceous (HCl-) rock substrates. Buellia aethalea...
Click to read more »Lecanora perpruinosa
Selasa, 2024-09-24 22:53:07Uta; Ryan, Bruce D.; Larson, Douglas W. (2000). "Community structure of epilithic lichens on the cliffs of the Niagara Escarpment, Ontario, Canada". Plant...
Click to read more »Chylocladia verticillata
Selasa, 2025-02-18 02:47:36broad. In colour it is pinkish or purple. The structure is multiaxial. Epilithic or epiphytic in the lower littoral in rock pools and in the sublittoral...
Click to read more »Neopetractis
Sabtu, 2025-09-27 12:19:38forms a thin crust on rock, either endolithic (inside the rock) or semi-epilithic (partly on the surface). It is continuous, smooth to finely wrinkled,...
Click to read more »Pyrenodesmia micromontana
Sabtu, 2025-12-27 10:32:03Pyrenodesmia later that year. The thallus of Pyrenodesmia micromontana is epilithic (growing on the rock surface), typically less than 150 μm thick, and shows...
Click to read more »Borderline lichen
Selasa, 2026-05-19 04:14:05Limited; mostly melanin Diverse (acids, depsides, depsidones) Substrate penetration Often endolithic or endophloeodal Typically epilithic or epiphytic...
Click to read more »Fuscidea austera
Kamis, 2026-03-26 07:50:13likhenobiota khrebta Polonyna Bukovska (Uzhanskyi natsionalnyi pryrodnyi park)" [Epilithic lichen biota of the Polonyna Bukovska ridge (Uzhanskyi National Nature...
Click to read more »Gastroclonium ovatum
Jumat, 2026-06-05 12:06:51purplish red. Found in rock pools in the littoral or upper sublittoral, epilithic or epiphytic. Recorded from the British Isles, Mauritania, Canary Islands...
Click to read more »Phytobenthos
Sabtu, 2025-10-25 15:25:13substrates to which the phytobenthos is attached, they would be considered as epilithic (growing on rocks and other manmade, artificial substances), epipelic...
Click to read more »Parmelia pinnatifida
Jumat, 2025-09-19 09:51:04shows a strong preference for siliceous rocks, making it primarily an epilithic lichen. While it predominantly colonises rock surfaces, specimens have...
Click to read more »Nerita atramentosa
Jumat, 2026-06-05 22:05:46atramentosa exhibits trail following behaviour. The species feeds by scraping epilithic algae using their radula. Nerites are preyed upon by reef crabs (Ozius...
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Selasa, 2024-10-08 07:09:10and Adey, P.J. 1973. Studies on the Biosystematics and ecology of the epilithic crustose Corallinaceae of the British Isles. Br.phycol.J. 8: 343–407 Abbott...
Click to read more »Phymatolithon lenormandii
Rabu, 2025-06-25 15:46:55surface forming a patchwork when meeting other incrusting algae. Common, epilithic on rock and shells in the literal and sublittoral to a depth of 30m, growing...
Click to read more »Verrucaria aucklandica
Minggu, 2026-05-10 08:23:33Tasmania, is now considered a synonym of V. adguttata. The thallus is an epilithic (rock-dwelling) crust that adheres tightly to the substrate and is rather...
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Selasa, 2026-01-27 22:57:03"Lichens and lichenicolous fungi of Mt. Fleons(Carnic Alps, Italy) I. Epilithic and epigaeic species". Herzogia. 14: 99–111. Bibcode:2000Herz...14...99T...
Click to read more »Glossary of lichen terms
Selasa, 2026-05-19 03:19:42with little or no visible thallus on the outer rock surface. Contrast: epilithic. See related: chasmoendolith, cryptoendolith, euendolith. endophloeodal...
Click to read more »Algophagy
Kamis, 2025-04-24 20:34:13species of crab. Mayflies are a group of insects found to feed off of epilithic algae from near streams in New Mexico, United States. In a study to examine...
Click to read more »Erichansenia
Kamis, 2025-02-13 01:16:29Erichansenia species are found in diverse ecological niches, including epilithic habitats on naked granite rocks, cracks, and small crevices. They may...
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Sabtu, 2025-07-12 05:56:07Soultanpour-Gargari, Ali; Lodenius, Martin; Hinz, Friedel (July 2011). "Epilithic diatoms (Bacillariophycae) from streams in Ramsar, Iran". Acta Botanica...
Click to read more »Neckeraceae
Minggu, 2025-05-04 07:28:20sporophyte features are variable between genera. Species are epiphytic, epilithic, or aquatic. The Neckeraceae were originally placed within the Leucodontales...
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Senin, 2025-09-08 11:55:52McAllister, and Ian Hawes. "Entrapped sediments as a source of phosphorus in epilithic cyanobacterial proliferations in low nutrient rivers." PLoS One 10, no...
Click to read more »Rhizocarpon exiguum
Jumat, 2026-03-06 11:20:28and minimal thallus. The thallus of Rhizocarpon exiguum is crustose, epilithic, and spreads out to about 10–15 mm wide. It is typically off-white to...
Click to read more »Arthrochaete
Jumat, 2025-03-07 10:15:55grows on or within marine algae, such as Turnerella, but it may also be epilithic. It is restricted to Arctic waters. Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Arthrochaete...
Click to read more »Dumontia contorta
Kamis, 2026-01-29 03:50:37and tetrasporangia developing in the surface layer, cruciate. Generally epilithic in rock pools of the littoral zone. Common around the British Isles. Europe...
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Selasa, 2026-03-10 23:43:29experimental analysis of factors controlling the standing crop of the epilithic algal community on a coral reef. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology...
Click to read more »Myriospora myochroa
Senin, 2026-02-09 11:29:47The thallus of Myriospora myochroa grows directly on rock surfaces (epilithic), forming a crust of individual patches (areoles) that may remain separate...
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Kamis, 2026-05-21 10:37:42coral polyps, and they are known primarily to be herbivores. By consuming epilithic algae, the fish are able to open space for young coral settlement and...
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Kamis, 2025-02-13 01:15:53colour of the apothecial discs. Sanguineodiscus species have crustose, epilithic or epiphytic thalli, which can be white to dark gray. The cortex is paraplectenchymatous...
Click to read more »Upretia squamulosa
Minggu, 2026-01-18 04:20:36U. squamulosa. Upretia squamulosa is characterised by its squamulose, epilithic thallus that ranges in colour from greyish green to brown. The squamules...
Click to read more »Polyides rotunda
Rabu, 2026-05-20 11:20:58They are exclusively multicellular, like all Polyidaceae. Generally epilithic in rock pools in the littoral and upper sublittoral. Sand tolerant. Generally...
Click to read more »Standing crop
Senin, 2025-11-17 15:22:52experimental analysis of factors controlling the standing crop of the epilithic algal community on a coral reef". Journal of Experimental Marine Biology...
Click to read more »Amboró National Park
Rabu, 2026-04-15 09:08:52forests composed almost entirely of treeferns, bromeliad-laden cliffs, epilithic subalpine plant communities, and others. The ecotones between these vegetation...
Click to read more »Verrucaria simplex
Senin, 2025-11-03 02:23:43and Korea. The dark brown, crust-like thallus of Verrucaria simplex is epilithic, meaning it grows on the surface of its substrate. It is 50–90 μm thick...
Click to read more »Pardinho River
Kamis, 2025-05-15 14:17:58Luc; Torgan, Lezilda C.; Lobo, Eduardo A. (2012). "Composition of the epilithic diatom flora from a subtropical river, Southern Brazil". Iheringia, Série...
Click to read more »Upretia zeorina
Jumat, 2026-03-06 11:23:08and in producing gyrophoric acid without lecanoric acid. The thallus is epilithic and areolate to squamulose, with an irregular outline. Individual squamules...
Click to read more »List of plants of Doi Suthep–Pui National Park
Jumat, 2026-01-09 22:28:32and epilithic herbs are: Vittaria flexuosa Elaphoglossum yoshinagae Lepisorus bicolor Pyrrosia stigmosa Some common deciduous epiphytic and epilithic herbs...
Click to read more »Membranoptera alata
Sabtu, 2024-01-13 05:44:24patches up to 1 mm wide. Growing on rock or large algae epiphytically and epilithically in the low littoral and upper sub-littoral. In Ireland this has been...
Click to read more »Xanthoria parietina
Minggu, 2026-04-19 15:51:23Beyond these interactions, Xanthoria parietina often overgrows other epilithic lichens without affecting their photobionts. It also supports microbial...
Click to read more »Buellia subalbula
Jumat, 2026-03-06 11:05:20creating a larger spread on the substrate, which is typically rock (epilithic). The thallus texture ranges from smooth and continuous in thinner forms...
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Jumat, 2026-04-10 12:36:45Diane S. "Productivity and nutrient relationships in psammophytic versus epilithic forms of Bryopsidales (Chlorophyta): comparisons based on a short-term...
Click to read more »Verrucaria difficilis
Kamis, 2026-03-26 00:34:08surfaces. The thallus can be endolithic (growing within the rock) or thinly epilithic (growing on the surface), and is often continuous or irregularly cracked...
Click to read more »Jania (alga)
Senin, 2026-05-18 00:31:33reef habitats, often in crevices or other shaded areas. They are also epilithic, epiphytic, and could form free-living clumps called articuliths. Like...
Click to read more »Rhizocarpon flavomedullosum
Senin, 2025-11-03 02:21:23in the genus Rhizocarpon. Rhizocarpon flavomedullosum has a crustose, epilithic, and areolate thallus that appears grey to dark grey and measures 1–3 cm...
Click to read more »Freshwater environmental quality parameters
Jumat, 2026-01-02 13:06:21Retrieved 7 July 2017. "Presence and Sources of Faecal Coliform Bacteria in Epilithic Periphyton Communities of Lake Superior" (PDF). American Society for Microbiology...
Click to read more »Andres Saag
Senin, 2025-07-21 11:35:51(Epiphytic macrolichens of Estonia), Eesti kividel kasvavad suursamblikud (Epilithic macrolichens of Estonia) and Eesti maapinna suursamblikud (Epigeic macrolichens...
Click to read more »Petrophila confusalis
Selasa, 2026-04-07 21:50:20zones” used by P. confusalis are often quite large, and can contribute to epilithic spatial patchiness. Habitat degradation due to anthropogenic factors and...
Click to read more »Osmundea hybrida
Kamis, 2023-12-21 22:23:09apex of the branches. Common but not as common as Osmundea pinnatifida. Epilithic in the littoral on stones, rock and on limpets. Spermatangial receptacles...
Click to read more »Schlumbergera kautskyi
Senin, 2025-10-06 07:27:08locations where it condenses. Schlumbergera kautskyi grows either on rocks (epilithic) or more rarely on trees (epiphytic). It is listed as "endangered" in...
Click to read more »Nemalion helminthoides
Senin, 2025-07-07 16:15:13central strand is composed of filaments intricately entangled. Midlittoral, epilithic and on BalanusPatella. The life-history is not fully confirmed. However...
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Sabtu, 2025-11-01 16:08:59upon the fact that the maximum diameter of the largest thallus of an epilithic lichen growing on a substrate is directly proportional to the time from...
Click to read more »Colpomenia
Kamis, 2026-03-05 01:42:19found from the tropics up to the Arctic. Colpomenia species can either be epilithic (attached on a substrate) or epiphytic (attached on another seaweed) and...
Click to read more »Eugénie Archipelago
Selasa, 2025-09-09 09:03:58colder epochs. Lichens are abundant, with epiphytic species in forests, epilithic species on rocks, and halophytic lichens along coastal overwash zones...
Click to read more »Verrucaria cavernarum
Kamis, 2026-03-26 00:34:52rock surfaces. It can be endolithic (growing within the rock) or thinly epilithic (growing on the surface), and is often continuous rather than fragmented...
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Senin, 2026-03-09 21:47:23gastropods are known as mesograzers. They are commonly known to graze upon epilithic microalgae on rocky shores. The grazing gastropods in these regions are...
Click to read more »Hildenbrandia rivularis
Sabtu, 2026-01-24 03:57:37Täuscher). It belongs to the class of crustose communities or mats of epilithic algae Lemaneetea. In another system, the Rheithrophilo-Hildenbrandietum...
Click to read more »Willeya tetraspora
Sabtu, 2025-11-01 15:29:03tetraspora itself formed patches up to several centimetres across on the epilithic surface (on top of the rock). Although recorded in Europe, the species...
Click to read more »Parmelia serrana
Sabtu, 2024-12-14 12:02:08ecological and geographical specificity. Parmelia serrana features a crustose, epilithic thallus that is closely adpressed to the substrate and forms orbicular...
Click to read more »Candelariella corviniscalensis
Jumat, 2026-03-06 11:06:12Candelariella clarkiae, which differs from C. corviniscalensis in its epilithic thallus and immersed, pseudolecanorine apothecia. "Candelariella corviniscalensis...
Click to read more »Caloplaca fluviatilis
Senin, 2025-12-08 01:59:13in damp, shady conditions. It is morphologically distinct from other epilithic species in the genus due to the absence of vegetative propagules, pale...
Click to read more »Theodoxus fluviatilis
Selasa, 2026-04-07 01:34:46(2012) studied the effect of the grazing of Theodoxus fluviatilis on epilithic meiofauna and algae. Theodoxus fluviatilis is gonochoristic, which means...
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Kamis, 2026-05-21 21:35:22(crustose growth). Most species live directly on rock, either on the surface (epilithic) or boring into it (endolithic), while others parasitise the thalli of...
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Minggu, 2025-10-26 03:45:45there; long-distance dispersal explains scattered occurrences elsewhere. Epilithic species have constrained ranges tied to suitable siliceous rock, whereas...
Click to read more »Willeya diffractella
Jumat, 2025-09-12 23:03:13study. As circumscribed by the 2014 revision, Willeya comprises crustose, epilithic lichens with a weakly differentiated upper layer (a "pseudocortex"), perithecia...
Click to read more »Rhizocarpon austroalpinum
Senin, 2025-12-08 02:15:26alpine regions. The thallus of Rhizocarpon austroalpinum is crustose and epilithic (on the rock surface), spreading up to approximately 5 cm in width, and...
Click to read more »Blastochloris gulmargensis
Rabu, 2025-10-01 07:48:06Ramana, ChV (2011). "Blastochloris gulmargensis sp. nov., isolated from an epilithic phototrophic biofilm". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary...
Click to read more »Verrucaria bulgarica
Jumat, 2026-03-06 11:23:23two septa. Later re-examination of Szatala's type material found the epilithic thallus to be thin but usually more than 100 μm and up to about 140 μm...
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Sabtu, 2024-07-13 05:24:32as the type species. The genus Placopyrenium is characterised by its epilithic (growing on rocks) thallus, which is thick and distinctly patterned, breaking...
Click to read more »Verrucaria vacillans
Kamis, 2026-03-26 00:33:00primarily endolithic (growing within the rock) but can sometimes be thinly epilithic (growing on the surface). A distinctive feature of this species is the...
Click to read more »Rhizocarpon vigilans
Rabu, 2026-04-15 00:26:08lichen species was first identified. Rhizocarpon vigilans has a crustose, epilithic (growing on the rock surface) thallus that is pale to medium grey, sometimes...
Click to read more »Gillian Lewis (academic)
Minggu, 2026-03-29 21:08:13"Spatial and temporal heterogeneity of the bacterial communities in stream epilithic biofilms." FEMS Microbiology Ecology 65, no. 3 (2008): 463–473. Greening...
Click to read more »Verrucaria kuusamoensis
Kamis, 2026-03-26 00:32:17typically white, grey, or occasionally pale brown. It is usually thinly epilithic (growing on the rock surface) but can sometimes be endolithic (growing...
Click to read more »Pyrenocollema elegans
Selasa, 2026-03-10 05:36:24genetic group. Pyrenocollema elegans is characterized by its distinctive epilithic thallus, which forms rosettes up to 10 mm in diameter. These rosettes...
Click to read more »Parmelia shinanoana
Rabu, 2025-11-12 11:52:49the Stanovoy Highlands (Baikal Siberia). II. Addition to the flora of epilithic lichens of the Kodar Range]. Turczaninowia (in Russian). 8 (3): 60–66...
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Rabu, 2025-10-22 16:38:04survival in Mars environment. Cryptoendolithic microbial communities and epilithic lichens have been considered as appropriate candidates for the scenario...
Click to read more »Umbilicaria torrefacta
Rabu, 2026-04-15 00:03:51Tsunskaya, Anna A. (2016). "Structural and functional adaptations of epilithic lichens of Umbilicaria genus in the White Sea coastal conditions". Czech...
Click to read more »Lepraria crassissima
Kamis, 2025-01-30 00:56:59(rose-red), KC−, and Pd−. Lepraria crassissima grows on siliceous rock and epilithic mosses, and sometimes occurs on bark or calcareous rock. It is found in...
Click to read more »Kudratovia
Senin, 2025-12-01 09:45:41thin and largely endolithic (immersed in the rock) to more conspicuous, epilithic crusts. The thallus is usually areolate to squamulose and may be umbilicate...
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Senin, 2026-02-02 17:53:47(2018-04-04). "Chloroplast genome analyses and genomic resource development for epilithic sister genera Oresitrophe and Mukdenia (Saxifragaceae), using genome skimming...
Click to read more »Flavoplaca itiana
Rabu, 2026-01-21 09:35:52endolithic, often indistinct, but it may develop as a very thin to thin epilithic crust that is cracked to finely areolate; in places it can be reduced...
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Rabu, 2026-04-15 00:33:17III, T.H. (2003). "Historical and current atmospheric deposition to the epilithic lichen Xanthoparmelia in Maricopa County, Arizona". Environmental Pollution...
Click to read more »Reactive oxygen species production in marine microalgae
Rabu, 2026-03-25 17:22:13Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids from Lipids As a Grazer Defense Reaction in Epilithic Diatom Biofilms". Journal of Phycology. 37 (5): 744–55. doi:10.1046/j...
Click to read more »Rhizocarpon torquatum
Jumat, 2026-03-06 11:20:31similar species. The thallus of Rhizocarpon torquatum is crustose and epilithic, forming colonies approximately 1–4 cm (0.4–1.6 in) wide, varying in colour...
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Kamis, 2026-02-12 14:53:02S.; Hawkins, S. J. (2009-05-11). "Seasonal And Spatial Variation of Epilithic Micro Algal Distribution and Abundance and its Ingestion By Patella Vulgata...
Click to read more »Xanthopyreniaceae
Senin, 2026-05-18 22:27:43lichens (lichenicolous). When present, the thallus grows on rock surfaces (epilithic) or within the outer layers of rock (endolithic). Their photosynthetic...
Click to read more »Brodoa oroarctica
Senin, 2026-03-16 09:21:40(in Chinese). 18 (4): 445–448. Christensen, Steen N. (2014). "Notes on epilithic and epigeic lichens from granite and gneiss outcrops in mountains of Makedonia...
Click to read more »Gastroclonium reflexum
Jumat, 2020-10-02 05:37:13distributed in the north Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea, where it grows epilithically or epiphytically in the littoral or sublittoral zones. In Great Britain...
Click to read more »Struvea
Jumat, 2025-05-23 05:16:42S. elegans are only restricted to mesophotic depths. S. okamurae is epilithic and found between 4–6 meters in depth. Lastly, S. thoracica thrive in...
Click to read more »Myriospora signyensis
Senin, 2025-05-12 09:03:32Myriospora from true Acarospora species. Myriospora signyensis grows epilithically (on rock surfaces), predominantly on quartz-biotite mica schist in montane...
Click to read more »Edmonson Point
Minggu, 2021-11-07 22:53:47algae, cyanobacteria and bryophytes. Terrestrial vegetation includes epilithic lichen and moss communities. Invertebrates are abundant. Weddell seals...
Click to read more »Peyssonneliales
Kamis, 2025-12-18 01:11:11Peyssonneliales order algae are red, crustose, prostrate, and usually epilithic (growing on the surfaces of rocks). The crusts may be non-calcified throughout...
Click to read more »Soranthera ulvoidea
Senin, 2025-05-05 11:34:29Although typically found growing as an epiphyte, it also grows on rocks (epilithic) and sand. S. ulvoidea grows mainly as an epiphyte. Some of its common...
Click to read more »Elimia virginica
Minggu, 2026-06-07 00:32:57within one year; and can live 5 years. Elimia virginica is grazer of epilithic periphyton. Trematodes are often parasitic in reproductive organs of this...
Click to read more »Otto Ludwig Lange
Minggu, 2026-03-08 06:56:35S2CID 20384789. Lange, Otto L. (2003). "Photosynthetic productivity of the epilithic lichen Lecanora muralis: long-term field monitoring of CO2 exchange and...
Click to read more »Claudea
Kamis, 2025-09-04 08:54:17holdfast was described to be discoid to conical pseudoparenchymatous; epilithic or epiphytic. The apices of fronds formed a dome-shaped apical cell segmenting...
Click to read more »Caloplaca magnussoniana
Senin, 2025-07-14 08:50:20Historical herbarium material labelled as the European C. lithophila or as epilithic (rock-dwelling) forms of Athallia pyracea and Athallia holocarpa (both...
Click to read more »Xerocrassa geyeri
Minggu, 2025-10-05 21:24:50Xerocrassa geyeri feeds on dead plants, but rarely also on living plants, epilithic lichens and on algae. Its active dispersal capacity is about 3 m during...
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