• A spot test in lichenology is a spot analysis used to help identify lichens. It is performed by placing a drop of a chemical reagent on different parts...
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    of a lichen colony over time can be used to estimate the minimum age of the substrate on which it is growing. Spot test (lichen) – chemical tests used...
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    Microcrystallization (or microcrystal test) is a method for identifying lichen metabolites that was predominantly used before the advent of more advanced...
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    test A spot test that uses a 10–25% solution of potassium hydroxide as a reagent to check for the presence of certain lichen products. KC test A spot...
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    Lichen planus (LP) is a chronic inflammatory and autoimmune disease that affects the skin, nails, hair, and mucous membranes. It is not an actual lichen...
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    to spot tests, especially when it comes to the excipular spot tests, coupled with its colour and morphology, make it stand out from other lichen species...
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    expansion, Keys to Lichens of North America: Revised and Expanded by the same three authors joined by Susan Laurie-Bourque. A chemical spot test can be used...
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    all over.: 34, 36  It produces no reaction to lichen spot tests.: 34, 36  Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014...
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    the scrambled egg lichen, is a species of terricolous (ground-dwelling), squamulose lichen in the family Teloschistaceae. The lichen comprises overlapping...
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    the common name, soil eyes lichen.: 220  The asci are saccate, with variable numbers of spherical ascospores. Lichen spot tests are all negative, and it...
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