I know many of us want winter to come to an end, but I would like just one more good snowstorm. I love all seasons, but I need a little more of that winter bleakness in the woods, primarily to help me ...

Rare lichens have been found thriving across a valley thanks to traditional farming practices. A lichen survey carried out at ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Thorsten Lumbsch, curator of lichenized fungi at the Field Museum ...

Coral lichen on a tree in Newfoundland. This lichen has been demonstrated to usefully discriminate between old-growth and second-growth forests in Nova Scotia, Canada. Credit: Troy McMullin There aren ...

Researchers with the Nature Trust of New Brunswick are on the hunt for four different types of lichens and they’ve found one – in an unusual spot. The scaly fringe lichen, known scientifically as ...

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 ...

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 ...

Question: Please help! I just noticed that my wild plum tree in my backyard has some sort of fungus growing on it. Is there anything I can do, or is it diseased beyond repair? It was healthy this ...

Scientists cultivating partnerships of fungi and algae believe their invention has far-out implications for how we create the ...