Lichens of North America / Irwin M. Brodo, Sylvia Duran Sharnoff, Stephen Sharnoff ; with selected drawings by Susan Laurie-Bourque and published in collaboration with the Canadian Museum of Nature.
Lichens : the organism -- How lichens are built : thallus shapes and structure -- How lichens reproduce -- Colors of lichens -- How lichens live : physiology and growth -- Lichen chemistry -- Where lichens grow : their substrates -- Lichens and ecosystems -- Geographic distributions in North America -- Lichens and people -- Environmental monitoring with lichens -- Naming and classifying lichens -- Collecting and studying lichens -- Using this book to name a lichen : hints and conventions.