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List of treated genera with additional information

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This list contains information on ecology and distribution, and a selection of literature, which may be of help for species determination.

Other recommended publications:
for common species of macrolichens, Swinscow & Krog (1988, see introduction);
for foliicolous lichens: Lücking, R. 1992: Foliicolous lichens - A contribution to the knowledge of the lichen flora of Costa Rica, Central America. - Beih. Nova Hedwigia 104: 1-179; website with checklist, good photographs, worldwide key expected soon.
for epilithic crustose species from high elevations, treatments for European lichens, like Purvis et al. (1993, see Introduction).
for keys to the lichen species treated in Vainio, Lichens du Brésil (1898), see pp. 113-188 in M. P. Marcelli & T. Ahti (eds.), Recollecting Edvard August Vainio. Sao Paulo 1998, 188 pp.
Further information on many genera can be found in Ainsworth & Bisby's Dictionary of the Fungi (8th edition, 1995, by D.L. Hawksworth, P.M. Kirk, B.C. Sutton & D.N. Pegler).
For further literature, incl. general determination keys, see the literature page.

The indication of distribution and ecology is likely to be very incomplete. It is based on literature and available herbarium specimens, and reflects the poor knowledge of most tropical lichens.

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