This lichen has grey foliated tallus with a black bottom.
Sometimes brown apotheciea can be seen at the end of the lobes.
Necker's Felt Lichen can often be found together with grass
and reindeer moss
Necker's Felt Lichen are common in the dunes.
Necker's Felt Lichen or Peltigera neckeri
Necker's Felt Lichen and rendeer moss grow on the same places.
lichen
Lichen can grow on places were the green plants can't survive:
They can be found on the Southpole, in the desert,
and high in the mountains.
symbiotic
Lichen consist of a fungus and an algae, its a symbiotic relation:
The fungus can't survive without the algae, but the alg can live
without the fungus. Most lichen live from the air, they don't
have roots to take up nutrients.
The small roots (rhizines) only function is to attach the lichen
to the substrate. Lichen are very sensitiv for (air)pollution.
