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 ...

On a brisk Saturday morning at Bradbury Mountain State Park in Pownal, Maine, Park Ranger Jeff Pengel leads a nature walk he’s titled ‘EnLichenment’. And, puns aside, there’s a lot to see here, once ...

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 ...

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 ...

Lichen symbioses constitute a remarkable model of mutualistic interaction, wherein a fungal partner (mycobiont) forms a close and dynamic association with a photosynthetic partner (photobiont), either ...