The role of pseudocyphellae and thallus traits in modulating drying rates of the lichen Crocodia aurata (Ach.) Link ( Peltigeraceae ) across a precipitation gradient in a Costa Rican tropical forest
Lichens have long been recognized as indicator species of environmental health and microclimate stability because they passively regulate their internal water status. Rather, lichens modulate their environment-to-internal water status relationships through structural adaptations in the thallus. Pseudocyphellae, bre...