While they're sometimes mistaken for moss, lichens are miniature ecosystems made up of a fungus and algae or bacteria that can make energy from sunlight, living together in one body. They don't ...

You may have come across a lichen, which is a unique fusion of plant and fungus. Lichens are living things and they can cause ...

Despite being known to science for over a century thanks to a few early pioneering marine mycologists, most people have never ...

In return, the plant provides the fungi with energy-rich carbohydrates. Another type of mutualistic fungus occurs in lichens. A lichen appears to be a single organism but is actually a composite: a ...

Every lichen species is a fungus that encompasses a photosynthesis organism that uses sunlight to produce foods from carbon dioxide and water. Usually the other species is a photosynthesizing alga, ...

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 ...

From helping plants to colonize terrestrial earth to treating disease in humans, is there anything fungi can’t do? Chris Dart Neither plants nor animals, fungi are the most underappreciated ...

There are well-defined species of marine fungi that are only found in the marine environment. These include marine lichens as well as many species of fungi that are found growing on wood and plant ...