The patches of lichen you’ve probably seen growing on tree trunks and park benches might be easy to overlook, but they’re actually some of the world’s strangest living things. While they're sometimes ...

Symbiosis between fungi and microalgae gives rise to lichen. Some lichen, however, such as Lobaria scrobiculata, have a unique feature: the fungus establishes a symbiosis with a cyanobacteria, thus ...

Jan. 29 (UPI) --Like most lichen, reindeer lichen can reproduce both sexually and asexually, by sending out spores or simply cloning themselves. Previously, researchers assumed reindeer lichen, ...

Symbiosis between fungi and microalgae gives rise to lichen. Some lichen, however, such as Lobaria scrobiculata, have a unique feature: the fungus establishes a symbiosis with a cyanobacteria, thus ...

Diversity and Distributions, Vol. 28, No. 9 (September 2022), pp. 1810-1819 (10 pages) Aim: Understanding ecological distributions of global biodiversity is stymied by incomplete knowledge of drivers ...

WALLROTH 1 introduced the term ‘gonidia’ to describe the green cells found in lichens. They were considered to be ‘brood cells’ or organs of reproduction of the lichen-fungus. This interpretation of ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract • Premise of the study: The life histories of lichen fungi are not well known and cannot be readily studied in laboratory culture. This work ...

The first day of spring has come and gone, but, while hiking with friends in the mountains in Maine this past weekend we encountered enough snow and ice to realize spring doesn’t always arrive on its ...

Editor’s note: This story was originally published by Hakai Magazine. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The clock is ticking for many low-lying coastal areas. Sea level is ...