Close up & related discussion on these roots is in the following thread: https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en&fromgroups#!searchin/indiantreepix/Lichens$20in$20Chennai?/indiantreepix/hc4FdDx2vnU/or8q3GzfIskJ
On 27 October 2011 18:23, ajinkya gadave <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> > > -- With regards, J.M.Garg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species* & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1840 members & 1,10,000 messages on 31/3/12) or Efloraofindia website: https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database of more than 6500 species). Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of India'.
