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Image Title: Thallus of the lace lichen, Ramalina menziesii
Image Credit: William B. Sanders, Centro de Ciencias Medioambientales
AJB Editor: Karl Niklas, Cornell University
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Copyright held by: William B. Sanders, BSA
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Thallus of the lace lichen, Ramalina menziesii, composed of net-like units, which develop by diffuse expansion of perforated tissue.

Link to the AJB Abstract for the article:

Reiterative production and deformation of cell walls in expanding thallus nets of the lichen Ramalina menziesii (Lecanorales, Ascomycetes)

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