Table 1 Color types of lichens and their main characteristics.
From: A geospatial dataset of lichen key attributes in the Earth’s three poles
Color type | Pale | Green | Bright | Dark |
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Major secondary metabolites | usnic acid, lobaric acid, norstictic acid | — | parietin, pinastric, vulpinic acids | melanins, stictic acid, gyrophoric acid |
Albedo | high | medium | medium | low |
Representative species (with photos) | Aspicilia candida | Peltigera leucophlebia | Xanthoria elegans | Leptogium saturninum |
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