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Fungi are a large group of often inconspicuous organisms, but also include the more familiar mushrooms and toadstools. Perhaps the best known species in the United Arab Emirates is the desert truffle, which produces edible fruiting bodies underground. Within the UAE, lichens - organisms made up of a fungus in partnership with an alga - are most frequently found in rocky environments, particularly in the mountainous areas in the east of the country.
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Buellia subalbula is a species of lichen with a distinctive white, cracked thallus (the main lichen body) which often appears slightly…
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Information on Caloplaca citrina is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
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Diploschistes ocellatus is a widespread lichen species that grows on calcareous rocks and soils. Its numerous thalli are powdery pale grey…
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A rock-dwelling species, Gloeoheppia turgida is a ‘squamulose’ lichen, meaning that the main body (thallus) is entirely covered in minute…
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A rock-dwelling lichen adapted to desert environments, Ramalina maciformis grows in four main forms. The first, and typical form of this…
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Information on the desert truffle is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
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