Plants That Aren’t Plants: Mosses and Lichens

 

Clayton Newberry

Tested Studies in Laboratory Teaching, 2004, Volume 25

Abstract

Mosses and lichens are not given much attention in introductory biology laboratory courses, in part because instructors lack skills necessary to cover the topic-namely, moss leaf cross sectioning and lichen chemical spot tests. Acquiring confidence in just these two techniques, as well as familiarity with basic terminology, lays a foundation for further investigation.

Keywords:  moss leaf sections, lichen chemical tests

University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2003)