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, ...

(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 ...

Many people mistakenly think they’re plants, but lichens are weird composite organisms – and Australia has a lot of them.

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 ...

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 ...

I took a rather harrowing walk out back on Sunday. Snow squalls were threatening and the wind was tossing the tops of the giant spruce, hemlock and pine back and forth. Occasionally branches would ...

'British soldier' lichen growing on rock. (Clay Wollney) For the most part, lichens growing on trees is a good thing, not harmful to the trees. However, weak or dying trees may have a lot of lichens, ...

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 ...