Lichen Growth Forms


Leafy=Foliose

Where Lichens Grow

Growing *in* a rock = endolithic
























Growing *on* rock = saxicolous























Growing on bark = corticolous






















Growing *on* lichen = lichenicolous
























Growing on soil= terricolous
























Growing *on* lignin (The binding agent that
holds the cells in wood together) = lignicolous























A closeup photo of an
epiphyllous lichen growing
on an understory shrub,
in lowland tropics.
photo Chas Zartman

muscicolous – lichen growing *on* Moss