Lichen (Porpidia albocaerulescens) and mosses compete for space on a rock substrate.

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Lichen (Porpidia albocaerulescens) and mosses compete for space on a rock substrate. The lichen may secrete allelopathic chemicals to keep the mosses from encroaching on the space it has claimed.

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Location: Massachusetts, United States
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Keywords: allelopathic, allelopathy, apothecia, bryophyta, bryophyte, bryophytes, compete, competition, islc, lecideine, lichen, lichens, moss, mosses, nonvascular, plant, plants, porpidia, saxicolous, thallus