Multiple choice

Which of the following lichens is composed of overlapping scales?

  1. Leprose

  2. Squamulose

  3. Fruticose

  4. Foliose

  5. Crustose
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B Correct answer
Explanation

A squamulose lichen is a lichen that is composed usually overlapping scales called squamules. If they appear raise from the substrate and appear leafy, the lichen may appear to be a foliose lichen, but the underside does not have a skin (cortex), as foliose lichens do.

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