The patches of lichen you’ve probably seen growing on tree trunks and park benches might be easy to overlook, but they’re actually some of the world’s strangest living things. While they're sometimes ...

Jan. 29 (UPI) --Like most lichen, reindeer lichen can reproduce both sexually and asexually, by sending out spores or simply cloning themselves. Previously, researchers assumed reindeer lichen, ...

Symbiosis between fungi and microalgae gives rise to lichen. Some lichen, however, such as Lobaria scrobiculata, have a unique feature: the fungus establishes a symbiosis with a cyanobacteria, thus ...

(CN) — Reindeer lichens, beloved by wild reindeer looking for an easily grazeable meal, generally find it easiest to reproduce asexually by simply cloning themselves instead of the more ...

WALLROTH 1 introduced the term ‘gonidia’ to describe the green cells found in lichens. They were considered to be ‘brood cells’ or organs of reproduction of the lichen-fungus. This interpretation of ...

After more than 40 years collecting, classifying and studying the life forms known as lichens, Dr Gintaras Kantvilas, from the Tasmanian Herbarium, has only scratched the surface of Australia’s ...

Scientists thought that reindeer lichens (moss-looking organisms that form a major part of reindeer diets) reproduced mainly asexually by cloning themselves. But it turns out, reindeer lichens are ...