The Life of Lichen
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Stevenson, James, Lara B. Milligan, and Jennifer L. Gillett-Kaufman. 2020. “The Life of Lichen: ENY2015/IN1296, 11/2020”. EDIS 2020 (6). Gainesville, FL:6. https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-in1296-2020.

Abstract

Lichen represent a fascinating combination of organisms working together to form some familiar and unfamiliar growths on a variety of substrates. This fact sheet hopes to define and explain these organisms.

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