Old Gray Ruffles
Parmotrema tinctorum
Fungi
UNCOMMON
Stats
- Lifespan
- Up to 50 yrs
- Size
- Large
- Diet
- Photosynthetic
- Biome
- Tropical forest
- Range
- Worldwide
- Movement
- Sessile
- Breeding
- Spores
- Defense
- Toxins
- Status
- Uncommon
About
This leafy lichen grows on tree bark and rocks in humid forests worldwide. It absorbs all its water and nutrients directly from the surrounding air.
Life cycle
- 1.sporeA microscopic spore drifts on air or water and germinates where moisture and substrate meet.
- 2.myceliumA thread-like mycelium spreads through the substrate, breaking it down into nutrients.
- 3.fruiting bodyA mature fruiting body emerges to release the next generation of spores.
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Ascomycota
- Class
- Lecanoromycetes
- Order
- Lecanorales
- Family
- Parmeliaceae
- Genus
- Parmotrema
- Species
- Parmotrema tinctorum