A squamulose lichen is one usually composed of overlapping squamules, or scale-like growths. While generally flat, the squamules of some lichen grow raised from the rest of the thallus. In this form they can appear as a mix between crustose and foliose lichens.
/Mealy Pixie-Cup Lichen {Cladonia chlorophaea}/
Excellent read, I just passed this onto a friend who was doing some research on that. And he just bought me lunch as I found it for him smile Thus let me rephrase that: Thanks for lunch! “Any man would be forsworn to gain a kingdom.”