Plants That Aren’t Plants: Mosses and Lichens

 

Clayton Newberry

Tested Studies in Laboratory Teaching, 2004, Volume 25

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Abstract

Mosses and lichens are not given much attention in introductory biology laboratory courses, in part because instructors lack skills necessary to cover the topic-namely, moss leaf cross sectioning and lichen chemical spot tests. Acquiring confidence in just these two techniques, as well as familiarity with basic terminology, lays a foundation for further investigation.

Keywords:  moss leaf sections, lichen chemical tests

University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2003)

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