Lichens, which are defined by a core symbiosis between a mycobiont (fungal partner) and a
photobiont (photoautotrophic partner), are in fact complex assemblages of microorganisms …

Lichens present a symbiotic association between two or more organisms. These unique
organisms produce many chemical compounds, known as secondary metabolites or lichen …

The number of lichen substances with known structure is about 700. It is the aim of this book
to help the lichenologist and the natural product chemist in the identification of this large …

Allelopathy studies the interactions among plants, fungi, algae and bacteria with the
organisms living in a certain ecosystem, interactions that are mediated by the secondary …

Publisher Summary This chapter reviews the structure, function, environmental response,
interactions with other ecosystem components, and indicator values of microphytic crust on …

Lichens, symbiontic organisms of fungi and algae, synthesize numerous metabolites, the"
lichen substances," which comprise aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, aromatic, and terpenic …

Background Recent decades have seen a major surge in the study of interspecific variation
in functional traits in comparative plant ecology, as a tool to understanding and predicting …

Lichens are complex symbiotic associations between fungi and algae which are important
constituents of many ecosystems. The production of various unique extracellular secondary …

The bizarre phenolic substances produced by many lichen-forming fungi are assumed to
have important biological roles, an idea that has led various investigators to speculate on …

This book was originally published in 1985. In the twenty years preceding publication very
considerable advances were made in our understanding of the physiology and ecology of …