crater lichen

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Diploschistes muscorum (Crater Lichen) is a species of Fungi in the family Graphidaceae.

EOL has data for 5 attributes, including:

geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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United States
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/6252001
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growth habit
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/growthHabit
- Definition: general growth form, including size and branching. Some organisms have different growth habits depending on environment or location
- Attribution: Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 12, July 2012. Glossary: http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/apweb/top/glossarya_h.html#habit PLANTS Database Growth Habits Codes and Definitions: https://plants.usda.gov/growth_habits_def.html
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lichenous
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/lichenous
- Definition: Organism generally recognized as a single organism that consists of a fungus and an alga or cyanobacterium living in symbiotic association. Often attached to solid objects such as rocks or living or dead wood rather than soil.
- Attribution: Modified from PLANTS Database Growth Habits Codes and Definitions: https://plants.usda.gov/growth_habits_def.html
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habitat
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002303
- Definition: x has habitat y if: x is an organism, y is a habitat, and y can sustain and allow the growth of a population of x
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debris
- URI: http://sweet.jpl.nasa.gov/2.3/matrSediment.owl#Debris
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habitat includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Habitat
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temperate
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000206
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trophic guild
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/TrophicGuild
- Definition: A group of species that exploit the same food resources, and/or use the same feeding or foraging methods. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guild_(ecology)
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symbiotroph
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/symbiotroph
- Definition: A consumer that acquires nutrition from a symbiont
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Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of crater lichen. View this species on GBIF

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crater lichen includes 2 children:

Diploschistes muscorum (Scop.) R. Sant.

crater lichen includes 2 children: