As a forester, I often get asked tree health questions, and one involves flat blotches stuff growing on well-established yard ...

Lichens are characteristic elements of temperate and tropical forests. We are studying the spatial patterns of lichen species richness and community composition along different scales, from individual ...

Found on every continent, lichen is an extraordinary organism adapted to survive in every habitat except seawater. More than just curious growths on rocks and trees, lichen can endure extreme ...

For more than 150 years, scientists have debated whether Prototaxites—which stood roughly 24 feet tall and 3 feet wide—were ...

A rare lichen has been transplanted by hand after the Lake District tree it was living in blew over. Lungwort - Lobaria pulmonaria - used to be widespread in England but is now found in only a few ...

To breed, a ‘couple’ will suspend themselves from a tree in a sticky mucus to mate. This jelly lichen looks like clusters of tiny, dark octopus suckers. It performs a useful role in the ...

This lichen is a chameleon-type flora. It goes an intense green when wet and stretches out like a dragon’s skin. These are one of the world’s largest land slugs and are perhaps best known for one of ...

Most of the leaves had fallen, leaving a landscape of barren trees and ... light green lichen. I realized how little I - and most people - knew about these captivating organisms we regularly ...