Thallus growth stage affects community-wide capacity for carbon metabolism in the alpine heath lichen Ochrolechia frigida

Cambridge Core - The Lichenologist - Volume 58 - Issue 3-4

It is the first since Glen Coe and Mar Lodge Estate were granted the status in 2017.

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An app uses lichen to help monitor air quality in places like the New Forest.

Primary producers shape terrestrial biodiversity, but most research has focused on vascular plants, while the role of cryptogams (mosses, lichens and algae) remains under-explored. Cryptogams dominat....

The University of Freiburg’s Excellence Cluster Future Forests invites applications for a PhD position researching the taxonomic and molecular diversity of lichens, bryophytes, and associated microorganisms. Learn more about the project, tasks, requirements, salary, and how to apply by January 12, 2026.

Evidence reveals Spongiophyton as one of the earliest and most widespread lichens in Earth’s history.

Í sumar gekk fjölþjóðlegur hópur náttúrufræðinga yfir Breiðamerkurjökul og upp í afskekktu jökulskerin Esjufjöll. Þau voru þangað komin til að skoða hvernig líf þróast og tekur land undan hopandi jökl...

Lichens can utilise nitrogen in molecular, reduced, and oxidized forms, but they preferentially use ammonium due to low energetic cost of its assimila…

Brian Pickles and colleagues show that exposed dinosaur bones can be remote sensed with drones by virtue of colored lichens growing on them.

Saprobic fungi, also known as saprophytic fungi, are considered the “key players” in decomposition and essential ecosystem components. They have a cosmopolitan distribution and can oc...

This is a tribute to a truly inspirational plant biologist, Prof. John A. Raven, FRS, FRSE (25th June 1941– 23rd May 2024), who died at the age of 82. He was a leader in the field of evolution and phy...

How is a symbiosis built? Lichen metagenomic and metatranscriptomic surveys comparing growth stages, experimental treatments and environmental settings identify a catalogue of candidate genes — and mi...