1st Edition

Handbook of Lichenology Volume 3

Edited By Margalith Galun Copyright 1988
148 Pages
by CRC Press

148 Pages
by CRC Press

148 Pages
by CRC Press

First published in 1988: This easy-to-read handbook provides a comprehensive review of the current knowledge on lichens. The structure of lichens and their dual nature is explained, as well as the physiology of interaction of the symbionts. The way lichens reproduce and their ecology is included, with methods for cultivating them and their isolated symbionts. Extremely useful as a text of... Read more

Section 9: Chemical Constituents of Lichens

9A. Secondary Metabolic Products

Margalith Galun and Adiva Shomer-Ilan

9B. Storage Products of Lichens

Philip A.J. Gorin, Madalena Baron, and Marcello Iaocomini

9C. Pigments

9C.1. Carotenoids

Bazyli Czeczuga

9C.2. Phycobiliproteins

Bazyli Czeczuga

Section 10: Principles of Classification and Main Taxonomic Groups

10. Principles of Classification and Main Taxonomic Groups

Josef Hafellner

Section 11: Interaction of Lichens and Pollutants

11. Interaction of Lichens and Pollutants

Margalith Galun and Reuven Ronen

Section 12: Other Uses of Lichens

12A. The Use of Lichens in Dating

John L. Innes

12B. Medicinal and Other Economic Aspects of Lichens

David H.S. Richardson

12C. Lichens and Pedogenesis

David Jones

Section 13: Methods for Cultivating Lichens and Ioslated Bionts

13. Methods for Cultivating for Cultivating Lichens and Isolated Bionts

Paul Bubrick

 

Biography

Margalith Galun, Ph.D. is Professor at The George S. Wise Faculty of Life Science of Tel Aviv University.