Would you please send a more clear picture (you may crop the picture with the object inside the picture then re-size). To me it looks like Moss plants (Bryophyta).
Regards Giby On 27 October 2011 16:35, Ramjee Nagarajan <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Friends, > > Thanks to my son, I got to see this Lichen-like growth on a common white > Frangipani tree/ Champa Tree or சம்பங்கி as shown in the photo enclosed. I > always thought Lichens are kind of Bio-indicators of clean air! Am sure the > place where I live (Vannandurai) is not that clean that lichens could come > up. Are there varieties of lichens that manages to survive even in harsh > environmental conditions like that in Chennai? > > Would love to learn. > > Thank you. > > Cheers, > ramjee > -- GIBY KURIAKOSE PhD Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Royal Enclave, Jakkur Post, Srirampura Bangalore- 560064 India Phone - +91 9448714856 (Mobile) visit my pictures @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/giby
