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
Girraween National ParkLichenGIR_171028_F10_VRThis one is interesting as it has a pinkish blush in one area of its upper surface. The underside is the same sort of pinkish in places too.
Einar Timdal, Naturhistorisk museum, Universitetet i Oslo
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Summary[edit] Description: Norsk bokmål: Form av gaffelrødtopp Cladonia alpina med uvanlig rikt forgreina podetier. Avbleika herbariemateriale. Date: 10 November 2017. Source: https://artsdatabanken.no/Pages/226638/Gaffelroedtopp. Author: Einar Timdal, Naturhistorisk museum, Universitetet i Oslo.
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Description: Peltigera neckeri 20091114. US, NC, Smoky Mountains Apparently, if I've id'ed this correctly, this is a new report for the park. Date: 14 November 2007, 13:44. Source: Black-Fruited Pelt Uploaded by Amada44. Author: Jason Hollinger.
Summary[edit] Description: Español: Liquen Xanthoria fallax enfoque, Sierra Madrona, España English: Lichen Xanthoria fallax close up, Sierra Madrona, Spain. Date: 21 January 2012. Source: Own work. Author: Javier martin. Permission(Reusing this file): Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse. : I, the copyright holder of this work, release this work into the public domain. This applies worldwide.In some countries this may not be legally possible; if so:I grant anyone the right to use this work for any purpose, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law..
Summary[edit] Description: Mokelumne Wilderness, California, 20140628, #6485, 6488, 6489 pers. herb. Relatively common on both species of Letharia. Date: 1 December 2014, 14:48. Source: Phacopsis vulpina. Author: Jason Hollinger.
Summary[edit] Description: Cetrelia olivetorum (location: Poland,West Tatra Mountains, Dolina Tomanowa). Date: 18 June 2014, 03:57:35. Source: Own work. Author: Jerzy Opioła.
Summary[edit] Description: Polski: Lathagrium auriforme (location: slovakia, Słowacki Raj, Zejmarská roklina) - na pionowej wapiennej ścianie stale zwilżanej wodą wodospadu, w dość zacienionym miejscu. Date: 8 August 2017, 23:50:43. Source: Own work. Author: Jerzy Opioła.
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