If you have trees in your home garden, then you likely have noticed some funny-looking growths on their bark that typically ...

Many calls come into the Pulaski County Extension office regarding gray or gray/green growths on the trunks or large limbs of ...

A rare lichen has been transplanted by hand after the Lake District tree it was living in blew over. Lungwort - Lobaria pulmonaria - used to be widespread in England but is now found in only a few ...

Most of the leaves had fallen, leaving a landscape of barren trees and small shrubs. Bright against the browning of the forest stood a cluster of rocks, coated in light green lichen. I realized ...

To breed, a ‘couple’ will suspend themselves from a tree in a sticky mucus to mate. This jelly lichen looks like clusters of tiny, dark octopus suckers. It performs a useful role in the ...

To breed, a ‘couple’ will suspend themselves from a tree in a sticky mucus to mate. This jelly lichen looks like clusters of tiny, dark octopus suckers. It performs a useful role in the ecosystem, ...