American Arctic lichens
By: John W. Thomson ; illustrations by Bethia Brehmer ; supplementary drawings by Lucy C. Taylor.
Contributors: Brehmer, Bethia.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 1984
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Subjects: Lichens -- Canada, Northern.; Lichens -- Alaska.; Lichens -- Arctic regions.
Description: Lists a total of 965 species in 168 genera in the two volumes, describing the species including distribution maps covering Alaska, Canada, Greenland and Iceland. Includes an overview of the geology, climate, geography and ecology of the American arctic.
Notes: Includes bibliographies and indexes.
Vol. 2 has imprint: Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. The macrolichens; title: v. 2. The microlichens.