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terricolous

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ter·ric·o·lous  (t-rk-ls)
adj.
Living on or in the ground: terricolous worms.
[From Latin terricola, earth-dweller : terra, earth; see ters- in Indo-European roots + -cola, -colous.]
terricolous [tɛˈrɪkələs]
adj
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) living on or in the soil
[from Latin terricola, from terra earth + colere to inhabit]
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The substrates upon which each lichen was growing were also noted: terricolous (clay or soil), saxicolous (concrete, dolomite, or granite), corticolous (the bark of trees or shrubs), lignicolous (wood or decorticate logs) or other (rusted metal, animal bones, fungi, mosses, etc.
The lichen flora of the Joliet Military Training Area by Hyerczyk, Richard D. / Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science
Weber A squamulose terricolous lichen of the western interior United States and adjacent Canada with black marginal apothecia and, typically, with densely pruinose squamules.
Additions to the lichen flora of Nebraska by Egan, Robert S.; Morgan, Sara; Wetmore, Clifford M.; Ladd, Douglas / Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences
 
 
 
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