We took a walk with her through the river valley to learn more about some of Alberta’s common lichen species, and learned what their presence – or absence – can tell us about local air quality.

'A special spot for lichens' In an email, McMullin said many lichen species require narrow or specific environmental conditions to grow. "If their climate changes, some species will likely disappear.

More than 3,600 species of lichens have been identified in North America alone. Each is a community made up of one or more species of fungus and an alga or cyanobacteria.

With a combined 5000 or so species of lichens, mosses and liverworts, these vertically-challenged plants make up in numbers what they lack in height. Lichen love ...

For a long time, there were very few resources available for studying lichens. In fact, almost no identification keys or field guides existed. Lichenologists often had no choice but to comb ...

Some lichen species are particularly sensitive to salt. Because some lichens live for decades, they can be a great gauge of whether a site has faced flooding or saltwater intrusion. DepositPhotos ...

The average person can easily spot lichens in the woods, yet few scientists have studied the species. Now the Smokies are a hotspot for such research.

You didn’t ask us the question everyone asks,” said Erin Manzitto-Tripp. “What do lichen do?” Manzitto-Tripp is an associate ...

Scientists have found a new species of fleshy verdigris lichen, thanks to DNA analysis of museum specimens. Misidentified by its original collectors, the lichen is only known from 32 specimens ...

Of the 48 different lichen species Rosentreter and DeBolt found at their two Florida survey sites, 11 are reliable indicators of salt water’s presence. Seven of the species only like to grow in places ...

"Four lichen species new to science discovered in Kenyan cloud forests." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 18 March 2021. <www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2021 / 03 / 210318085607.htm>.

Four lichen species new to science discovered in Kenyan cloud forests Some of the newly described lichen species from the Micarea genus may be unique to the biodiversity hotspot that is the Taita ...