Lichen biology/
edited by Thomas H. Nash.
- 2nd ed.
- Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008.
- xi, 486 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
1. Introduction 2. Photobionts 3. Mycobionts 4. Thallus morphology and anatomy 5. Morphogenesis 6. Sexual reproduction in lichen-forming ascomycetes 7. Biochemistry and secondary metabolites 8. Stress physiology and the symbiosis 9. Physiological ecology of carbon dioxide exchange 10. The carbon economy of lichens 11. Nitrogen, its metabolism and potential contribution to ecosystems 12. Nutrients, elemental accumulation and mineral cycling 13. Individuals and populations of lichens 14. Environmental role of lichens 15. Lichen sensitivity to air pollution 16. Lichen biogeography 17. Systematics of lichenized fungi