Discussion on the preceding papers

• Published in: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Royal Society 1967
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Tottanfjella; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.1967.0019; https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rstb.1967.0019

J. E. Smith . Dr Longton’s slides of orange patches of Xanthoria lichens on Antarctic cliffs were reminiscent of coastal cliffs in temperate regions. Is this lichen community essentially maritime in the Antarctic? R. E. Longton. The Caloplaca-Xanthoria community certainly resembles the associations...