There are thousands of species of lichens that grow in many different forms. Some are flat and crusty, some have leaflike structures that protrude outward and some have hairy filaments. While most ...

Lichens survive in a very wide range of habitats worldwide. Amazingly, more than 400 species can be found in Maryland.

Lichen is everywhere. It grows on sidewalks, rocks, trees, roofs and undistributed soil and in frigid tundras, arid deserts and even contaminated environments. You just have to look for it, says ...

Introduction -- About Lichen Study Guide for Oklahoma and Surrounding States -- About Lichens -- Importance of Lichens -- Finding and collecting Lichens -- Observing and documenting Lichens -- ...

I know many of us want winter to come to an end, but I would like just one more good snowstorm. I love all seasons, but I need a little more of that winter bleakness in the woods, primarily to help me ...

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 ...

Researchers with the Nature Trust of New Brunswick are on the hunt for four different types of lichens and they’ve found one – in an unusual spot. The scaly fringe lichen, known scientifically as ...

A collection-based survey of lichen species at the Mars Desert Research Station in Utah, USA and Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station in Nunavut, Canada was conducted as part of the Mars-160 mission ...

Lichen is everywhere. It grows on sidewalks, rocks, trees, roofs and in frigid tundras, arid deserts and even contaminated environments. You just have to look for it, says lichenologist and Eastern ...