1. Mosses, Lichens, and Liverworts
Daniel A. Salomon
March 9, 2016

2. Moss Systematics and Temperate Rainforests
Mosses are non-vascular
Remain small and grow in wet places
They give the temperate rainforest its lush, rich, verdant appearance

3. Nps.gov

4. Moss Systematics and Temperate Rainforests
Apple moss exception to the rule
Picture

5. Apple Moss (Exception to the Rule)
Southern Illinois University

6. Moss Systematics and Temperate Rainforests
Difference between seed and spore
Rhizoid and substrate
Peat mosses and true mosses

7. Moss Systematics and Temperate Rainforests
Peat mosses (40 species native to PNW)
Diagram of a peat moss

8. Moss Systematics and Temperate Rainforests
True mosses vs. peat mosses
700 species of true mosses in PNW
Photo slide

9. Liverwort Systematics and Temperate Rainforests
Sub-family of bryophytes
6000 species of liverwort worldwide
220 native to PNW

10. Lung Liverwort

11. Common Scissor Leaf

12. Cedar Shake

13. Snake Liverwort

14. Maple Liverwort

15. Hard-scale Liverwort

17. Liverwort Systematics and Temperate Rainforests
Same basic morphology as mosses

18. Club Mosses, Spikemosses, and Quillworts
Families within fern and fern allies orders
Club mosses and spikemosses are slow growing

19. Clubmosses

20. Spikemosses

21. Quillworts

22. Lichen Systematics and Temperate Rainforests
More than 1000 kinds in PNW
Lichenology relatively new field
Many species of lichen live in old growth forests
Along the coastline
Rocky headlands
Ventilated forests
Alpine

23. Lichen Systematics and Temperate Rainforests
Technically classified in fungus kingdom
Lichens are composite creatures
Mutualistic relationships

24. Lichen Systematics and Temperate Rainforests
What separates lichens from other members of the fungus kingdom?
How to tell the difference between lichen:
That have mutualistic relationships with algae
That have mutualistic relationships with bacteria

25. Lichen Systematics and Temperate Rainforests
Lichens reproduce in 3 ways
Show diagram

27. Lichen Systematics and Temperate Rainforests
Many different shapes

28. Rag Lichen

29. Rag Lichen

30. Rag Lichen

31. Ethnolichenology
Radical Mycology-A Treatise on Seeing and Working with Fungi
Peter McCoy
Lichenologist Natassja Noell

32. Ethnolichenology Lichens as medicine Lichens as a dye source
Lichens as food
Lichen harvesting ethics and tips

33. Ethnobotany of Mosses and Liverworts
Ring Pella Liverwort
Snake Liverwort
Common Green Sphagnum

34. Snake Liverwort
University of Victoria Environmental Studies

35. Cladonia Scales

36. Hooded Bone Hooded Tube Lichen
2004, Richard Droker
2015, Craig Althen