i think this is aerial roots of plumeria. On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 4:53 PM, prasad dash <[email protected]>wrote:
> I am sure Gibyji and Gurucharansir are absolutely correct. This is a moss, > even from the first look i could find the gametophyte of a epiphytic moss. A > more clear picture will help to reach the genus. > > Regards > > Prasad > > > On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 4:48 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> 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 >>> >> >> >> >> > > > -- > Prasad Kumar Dash > Ecologist, Orissa, India > email: [email protected] > ph. 09437444241 >
