Yes, a moss to me also , or any other growth, not appearing like a lichen
-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 4:46 PM, Giby Kuriakose <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 >
