Areolate
GROSS MORPHOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION
Calicoid; Calicoid lichen; Pin lichen; Byssoid lichen; Filamentous lichen; Placodioid lichen; Gelatinous lichen; Leprose lichen; Aereolate; Aereolate lichen; Areolate; Areola (lichen); Crustose placoidioid; Crustose placodioid lichen; Placoidioid; Areolate lichen; Placodiod lichen; Byssoid; Calicioid lichen; Alectorioid; Alectorioid lichen
Areolate lichens are crustose lichens (that is, lichens that grow like a crust of paint) that appear to be broken up into somewhat polygonal pieces like old cracked paint. The pieces are called aereolas (areaeolae).