Moxham, TH 1981: Fusion of a detached lobe onto the parent thallus in the lichen Xanthoria parietina. - The Bryologist84: 363-364. [RLL List # 111-54 / Rec.# 13149] Keywords: XANTHORIA/ GROWTH/ FUSION/ DEVELOPMENT
Abstract: 1 figure. [The detached lobe fused back to the parent thallus in five months. "Distinction is made between "fusing" of thalli of the same species and "merging" of thalli when boundaries meet or when thalli engulf others of the same species, but do not fuse together."]