“Lichens are actually a composite organism of a fungus and an alga that have come together to make a living,” Watts explained ...

These lichen are a ‘result’ rather than the ‘cause.’ The lichen need sunlight and do better on the trees which are not healthy, so they are more apparent on the ‘sick’ trees.

Lichens, found growing on rocks, trees, buildings and soil, usually have bodies that are millimeters or a few centimeters in width. Some lichens can grow to over 60 cm in diameter.

Lichens seen with a magnifying tool at Bradbury Mountain State Park. “There's a lot of stuff that not just eats lichen, but lives in it, and most of those are microscopic, so they're the very ...

Lichens are nearly everywhere — odd growths that appear as crusty patches and splotches on tree trunks, limbs, rocks, bare soil, stone walls, tombstones, wooden fences. Regardless, lichens often ...

Published in Astrobiology, the new research demonstrated that lichen found in the Mojave Desert survived for three months under levels of solar radiation previously considered lethal.. The common ...

Lichens are assemblages of fungi and algae that slowly propagate on tree bark, rocks and railings. With no roots, the plants are entirely reliant on air and the humidity drifting through it for ...

Lichen from the Mojave Desert has stunned scientists by surviving months of lethal UVC radiation, suggesting life could exist on distant planets orbiting volatile stars. The secret? A microscopic ...

The lichen Clavascidium lacinulatum (Image credit: Bob O'Kennon via iNaturalist) Diving deeper, the team cut through the lichen, finding that the top layer was darker, almost like a suntan in humans.