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.
Summary[edit] Description: English: Xanthoparmelia conspersa Deutsch: Xanthoparmelia conspersa, Gesprenkelte Schüsselflechte. Date: 22 March 2018. Source: Own work. Author: HermannSchachner. Unterseite mit Rhizinen; Aufnahmeort: Dürnstein in der Wachau, Niederösterreich, Austria Camera location48° 23′ 48.998″ N, 15° 31′ 29″ EView all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 48.396944; 15.524722.