Umbilicate lichen

An umbilicate lichen is a lichen that is only attached to its substrate at a single point.[1] An example is Lasallia papulosa.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Lichen Vocabulary, LICHENS OF NORTH AMERICA, Sylvia and Stephen Sharnoff,
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