Lichens thrive in these conditions which are not very favorable for plant growth. With our on-again, off-again rain, it is hard to control these moist conditions.

Lichens grow practically everywhere, but they have been neglected by scientists for years, says James Lendemer, a lichenologist with New York Botanical Garden. Lendemer took Science Friday on a trip ...

COSTA GEORGIADIS: I'm looking at something that's pretty darn amazing. It's lichen, and you can find it almost everywhere - in your backyard, in a park, or out bush and it's an important part of our ...

Lichens are not harmful to plants, but there may be times when it makes sense to remove them. Here's how to spot them.

Discover how lichens thrived and diversified after the mass extinction event 65 million years ago, bucking extinction trends.

1. It is well-known that vascular plants have species-specific effects on soil properties. However, little is known on how individual species forming biocrusts, communities dominated by lichens, ...

Lichens are important for stabilising soils and providing some animals with food, but the algae within them are adapting to climate change at a rate of just 1°C every million years ...

Importantly, lichen are ‘pioneer species’ or among the most ancient organisms on Earth — they are the first to appear on barren rocks, in deserts and icy terrain and after disturbances like ...