THE TAXONOMIC DIVERSITY OF FRUTICOSE LICHENS
A taxonomical analysis of fruticose and and similar growth forms in lichens was made. Found their occurrence in different taxa of the modern system of lichens. The wide spread fruticose and and similar growth forms received the order Lecanorales, Teloschistales, Lichinales, Arthoniales. The main characteristics of the structural diversity were identified. In various taxa fruticose variants arose concurrently on different structural basis.