Research on tropical lichens, in particular those which inhabit the surface of living leaves, has received increasing attention in the past years. Information is growing rapidly in such diverse fields as taxonomy and systematics, floristics and biogeography, ecology, or even bioindication. For this reason it seemed appropriate to create this web-site, in order to present a medium where all the necessary information on foliicolous lichen research can be obtained. Since these pages are produced by the Department for Plant Systematics of the University of Bayreuth, they focuse on research projects carried out at our institute. However, useful references such as checklists or keys summarize present knowledge on foliicolous lichen research in various fields.
Foliicolous lichens inhabit the surface of living leaves of vascular plants in tropical rainforests.
At present, approximately 700 species are known world-wide. Taxonomy, floristics and biogeography of foliicolous lichens and their lichenicolous fungi Checklist of foliicolous lichens and their lichenicolous fungi. Checklist of foliicolous lichens and their lichenicolous fungi. Checklist of foliicolous lichens and their lichenicolous fungi. Systematics of tropical crustose lichens 3.