CHAPTER II CONSTITUENTS OF THE LICHEN THALLUS

A. HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF LICHEN GONIDIA 21

Lichens — Part 2

C. CULTURE EXPERIMENTS WITH THE LICHEN THALLUS 24

Lichens — Part 2

D. THEORIES AS TO THE ORIGIN OF GONIDIA 25

Lichens — Part 2

I. NATURE OF ASSOCIATION BETWEEN ALGA AND FUNGUS 31 _a._ Consortium and symbiosis _b._ Different forms of association

J. RECENT VIEWS ON SYMBIOSIS AND PARASITISM 36

A. NUTRITION OF LICHEN ALGAE 39 _a._ Character of algal cells _b._ Supply of nitrogen _c._ Effect on the alga _d._ Supply of carbon _e._ Nutrition within the symbiotic plant _f._ Affinities of lichen gonidia

D. CONTINUITY OF PROTOPLASM IN HYPHAL CELLS 51

A. TYPES OF ALGAE 51 _a._ Myxophyceae associated with Phycolichens _b._ Chlorophyceae associated with Archilichens

B. CHANGES INDUCED IN THE ALGA 60 _a._ Myxophyceae _b._ Chlorophyceae

D. DISPLACEMENT OF ALGAE WITHIN THE THALLUS 64 _a._ Normal displacement _b._ Local displacement

E. NON-GONIDIAL ORGANISMS ASSOCIATED WITH LICHEN HYPHAE 65

B. TYPES OF THALLUS 68 _a._ Endogenous thallus _b._ Exogenous thallus

B. SAXICOLOUS LICHENS 70 _a._ Epilithic lichens _aa._ Hypothallus or protothallus _bb._ Formation of crustaceous tissues _cc._ Formation of areolae _b._ Endolithic lichens _c._ Chemical nature of the substratum

C. CORTICOLOUS LICHENS 77 _a._ Epiphloeodal lichens _b._ Hypophloeodal lichens

B. CORTICAL TISSUES 82 _a._ Types of cortical structure _b._ Origin of variation in cortical structure _c._ Loss and renewal of cortex _d._ Cortical hairs

D. MEDULLA AND LOWER CORTEX 88 _a._ Medulla _b._ Lower cortex _c._ Hypothallic structures

E. STRUCTURES FOR PROTECTION AND ATTACHMENT 91 _a._ Cilia _b._ Rhizinae _c._ Haptera

F. STRENGTHENING TISSUES OF STRATOSE LICHENS 95 _a._ Produced by development of cortex _b._ Produced by development of veins or nerves

Cortical Structures _a._ The fastigiate cortex _b._ The fibrous cortex

B. SPECIAL STRENGTHENING STRUCTURES 103 _a._ Sclerotic strands _b._ Chondroid axis

B. TISSUES OF PRIMARY THALLUS 112 _a._ Cortical tissue _b._ Gonidial tissue _c._ Medullary tissue _d._ Soredia

B. STRUCTURE OF THE PODETIUM 114 _a._ General structure _b._ Gonidial tissue _c._ Cortical tissue _d._ Soredia

C. DEVELOPMENT OF THE SCYPHUS 117 _a._ From abortive apothecia _b._ From polytomous branching _c._ From arrested growth _d._ Gonidia of the scyphus _e._ Species without scyphi