Looking for help identifying fungi, lichen or bryophytes that you've found? We've gathered a selection identification guides, for both beginners and those with a little more experience. We've also ...

They were considered to be ‘brood cells’ or organs of reproduction of the lichen-fungus. This interpretation of their function was accepted until the appearance of the classic work of ...

Then came the observation than in fact lichen harbors two types of fungi—an ascomycete and a newly identified basidiomycete yeast. The team that had made this discovery has now found a third fungal ...

KUNMING -- A research team has discovered a new lichen genus on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which is known as the "roof of the ...

KUNMING -- A research team has discovered a new lichen genus on the Qinghai-Tibet ... were published in a recent edition of the Journal of Fungi, according to the Kunming Institute of Botany ...

Our lichen collection is one of the world's largest and an important research resource. The Museum no longer keeps collections of non-lichenised ascomycetes or basidiomycetes. This material was ...

Algae provide the food for the fungus and in return the fungi provide protection. Fungi also make a medium to soak up water and nutrients which provide the algae a medium to grow. The fungus holds the ...

Their diversity, in fact, is amazing with more than 900 known lichen species in Georgia ... and make food through photosynthesis; the fungi furnish structure, shelter, water and minerals.