A lichen expert has discovered a new species of lichen, and named it after President Obama. He discovered the new species while doing a survey for lichen diversity on Santa Rosa Island, Calif. He made ...

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A newly discovered species of lichen — a plant-like growth that looks like moss or a dry leaf — has been named after President Obama. Kerry Knudsen, lichen curator of the University of California, ...

Algae, lichens and moss often form green or grey, powdery or mossy, crusty growths on the stems, branches and trunks of trees and shrubs. Pictured here, lichen and moss. This dreary "gray all day" ...

The growths are abundant here in the Pacific Northwest, preferring areas with cool and wet weather. Today, with the skies clear and the sun out, I decided to take a micro-view of the world and go on a ...

Mosses and lichens are the dominant macrophytes of the Antarctic terrestrial ecosystem. Using occurrence data from existing databases and additional published records, we analyzed patterns of moss and ...

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 ...

A Spanish moss-like substance can be seen hanging from spruce trees around Summit County. There are a number of spruce trees in a cluster in Cucumber Gulch in Breckenridge, which has this growing on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ilana Urquhart, a conservation coordinator with the Nature Trust of New Brunswick, has found a scaly fringe lichen in the most ...