Definition of Squamulous. Meaning of Squamulous. Synonyms of Squamulous

- A squamulose lichen is a lichen that is composed of small, often overlapping "scales" called squamules. If they are raised from the substrate and appear...
- Clavascidium lacinulatum is a dark brown squamulous terricolous lichen.: 256  In Joshua Tree National Park, it is the most common of the biological soil...
- Heppia conchiloba (common soil ruby) is a gray to light brown squamulous to foliose terricolous (grows on soil) lichen that occurs in southwestern deserts...
- Characteristic features of the lichen include its dark brown, somewhat squamulous thallus and relatively small ascospores. It is widely distributed in Europe...
- similarity. Variospora flavescens Dimelaena oreina Lecanora valesiaca A squamulous lichen has a thallus composed of small, scale-like plates – known as squamules...
- and soil in arid habitats around the world. It may grow as a rosette of squamulous lobes, or with widely scattered lobes. A single black apothecium may be...
- surface is usually pale to dark reddish brown in the center of areoles. In squamulous specimens, the lower surface can be seen, and is shiny and dark.[citation...
- areolas may be irregular to round, with edges that are sometimes raised (squamulous), and thickened where they raise up. Coastal forms are more pale yellowish...
- paint are peeling up at the edges (sub-squamulous), or like the flakes are growing over others like scales (squamulous). They may grow as a warty crust (verrucose...