Muscigoke - Muscigoke

Japanese: ムシゴケ - むしごけ

Imperfect lichen (illustration) that grows on the ground in high mountains above the dwarf pine zone. It is widely distributed in the alpine zones of both the northern and southern hemispheres. The lichen bodies are white, tubular, and slightly bent into a roundworm shape, with pointed tips and no roots. The symbiotic algae are green algae. No odontae have yet been discovered. It is distinguished from the closely related T. subuliformis (Ehrh.) W.Culb. mainly by differences in the components it contains, but T. subuliformis is more prevalent in the northern hemisphere and T. subuliformis in the southern hemisphere. [Kashiwatani Hiroyuki]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

ハイマツ帯より上の高山の地上に生じる不完全地衣（イラスト）。南北両半球の高山帯に広く分布する。地衣体は白色，管状で多少屈曲してカイチュウ状となり，先端はとがり根はない。共生藻は緑藻。子器はまだ発見されていない。近縁のトキワムシゴケT.subuliformis (Ehrh.) W.Culb.とは主として含有成分の差によって区別されるが，ムシゴケは北半球に，トキワムシゴケは南半球に多い。【柏谷博之】

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