Most of us walk past lichen-covered rocks, splotched with grays, greens, and golds, without giving them a closer look. Ari Daniel Shapiro visits with mycologist Anne Pringle and graduate student Benjamin Wolfe to learn about these amazing symbiotic organisms, formed when a fungus partners with an algae. Each lichen can host an entire microcosm, a microbial landscape teeming with life. These worlds-within-worlds are proving an invaluable tool for scientists studying our changing landscapes. Umbilicaria. Photo Credit: Benjamin Wolfe read moreDuration: 5:26Published: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 15:37:25 +0000
Xanthoparmelia cumberlandiandia. These lichens may be immortal. See the New YoK Times article: nyti.ms/VtDY79 . Photographed at Point Reyes National Seashore.
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Summary[edit] Description: According to Sharon Eversman, Bozeman Montana, the scientific name is a blanket name for a complex comprising several morphologically-similar but chemically-different species. Given its elevation, X. chlorochroa is probably the species. In spite of the seemingly negative reputation of this lichen, it can co-occur with a high degree of native plant cover. Date: 20 June 2006, 09:34. Source: Xanthoparmelia chlorochroa Uploaded by Jacopo Werther. Author: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA. Camera location47° 43′ 39.58″ N, 107° 40′ 49.57″ WView all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 47.727661; -107.680437.
Summary[edit] Description: According to Sharon Eversman, Bozeman Montana, the scientific name is a blanket name for a complex comprising several morphologically-similar but chemically-different species. Given its elevation, X. chlorochroa is probably the species. In spite of the seemingly negative reputation of this lichen, it can co-occur with a high degree of native plant cover. Date: 20 June 2006, 09:34. Source: Xanthoparmelia chlorochroa Uploaded by Jacopo Werther. Author: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA. Camera location47° 43′ 39.58″ N, 107° 40′ 49.57″ WView all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 47.727661; -107.680437.