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The Cyclic Development of Mosses and The Lichen Baeomyces Rufus in an Ecosystem

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2007

H. M. Jahns
Affiliation:
Botamsches Institut, Johann Wolfgang-Goethe Universität, Siesmayerstr. 70, 6 Frankfurt am Main, BRD-Germany.

Abstract

A cyclic exchange between communities of mosses and the lichen Baeomyces rufus is described. The cushions of different mosses are supplanted by the lichen. After a lifespan of about 3 years the lichen dies off and the location is repossessed by mosses. The vegetative reproduction of the lichen is adapted to this ecological cycle.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © British Lichen Society 1982

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