U. esculenta lichens have a thallus attached to the substrate with a central holdfast. (wikipedia.org)
Mosses1
Native under storey includes native herbs, grasses, mosses, lichens and small trees that occupy the vegetation layers below the canopy of taller trees. (gotreequotes.com.au)
Alga1
They can range in size from microscopic single cells (the red alga Porphyridium purpureum ) through to huge kelps, such as Macrocystis pyrifera that can reach 20 metres in length, growing from massive holdfasts attached to rocks on the sea floor. (nzpcn.org.nz)
Flora1
2004. Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region. (lichenportal.org)
Grows2
Umbilicaria esculenta, the rock tripe, is a lichen of the genus Umbilicaria that grows on rocks. (wikipedia.org)
Rocks were festooned with some of the typical Coastal Lichens with Sea Ivory Ramalina siliquosa , Maritime Sunburst Lichen Xanthoria parietina and Crab-eye Lichen Ochrolechia parella . (mnapage.info)
Branches2
With a spreading holdfast and divided branches, it has a bushy appearance and can form dense swards. (outerhebridesfungi.co.uk)
Some of the Tree branches in the lane were covered in Lichens mainly Old Man's Beard Usnea sp. (mnapage.info)
Ascomata1
lobes 5-15 mm wide, 150-400 µm thick, often convex especially in the centre of the mat, attached by scattered holdfasts, rather thicker (to ca 650 µm) where ascomata are present. (myspecies.info)