lichens Archives | Earth Life https://earthlife.net/category/lichens/ An encyclopedia of life on earth Sat, 28 Oct 2023 00:06:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://earthlife.net/wp-content/uploads/cropped-Life-Earth-Favicon-512x512-1-32x32.webp lichens Archives | Earth Life https://earthlife.net/category/lichens/ 32 32 Lichen Growth and Development Explained https://earthlife.net/lichen-growth-development/ https://earthlife.net/lichen-growth-development/#comments Fri, 14 Feb 2020 06:58:14 +0000 https://www.earthlife.net/?p=1276 Like all living things, lichens need nutrients and energy to grow. Nutrients they obtain from the air (including dust), water, and some from the substrate they are growing on. Energy they obtain through photosynthesis, which is the role of the algal partner. They can also be incidentally fertilized by bird and insect dung. Lichens will …

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]]> https://earthlife.net/lichen-growth-development/feed/ 5 Lichens and Air Pollution: Nature’s Bioindicator Of Air Quality https://earthlife.net/lichens-air-pollution-bioindicator-of-air-quality/ https://earthlife.net/lichens-air-pollution-bioindicator-of-air-quality/#respond Fri, 14 Feb 2020 06:50:43 +0000 https://www.earthlife.net/?p=1274 Lichens and Air Pollution Many lichens show varying degrees of sensitivity to man-made pollutants, such as sulphur dioxide. Scientists have learned to use this variability as an indicator of the air quality of any given site. Also, because the presence or absence of certain lichen species is easily recorded (and has in some cases been …

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]]> https://earthlife.net/lichen-reproduction-ascomycetes-basidiomycetes/feed/ 1 Lichen: The Lovable & Unique Symbiosis of Nature https://earthlife.net/lichen-introduction/ https://earthlife.net/lichen-introduction/#comments Sun, 29 Dec 2019 08:08:59 +0000 https://www.earthlife.net/?p=16 Lichens are some of the most amazing living things on this planet. Often the first form of life to colonize a new area of rock, they occur all across the known world. Lichens are commonly seen but also commonly overlooked. Any structure that has been standing for a reasonable amount of time is likely to …

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