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By Katalin MolnÁr

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Pseudevernia furfuracea

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This is a small selection of sites of lichenological interest. Many of which have links to additional sites :

  • François Lutzoni's Lab, Lichenology and Phylogenetics
  • American Bryological and Lichenological Society
  • North American Lichens
  • Revised Checklist of the Hungarian Lichen-Forming and Lichenicolous Fungi
  • International Association for Lichenology (IAL)
  • Recent Literature on Lichens
  • International Association of Lichenologist
  • The British Lichen Society
  • Lichen Determination Keys
  • California Lichen Society
  • Duke University Lichen Collection
  • Lichens in Astrobiology
  • Lichens and Air Quality Monitoring
  • Hungarian Lichenological Website
  • Myconet
  • Database of Lichens in the US National Parks
  • Lichens of Virginia
  • Lichens of Ireland
  • Australian Lichen Website






Usnea strigosa

  Lichens are some of the most amazing organisms on the Earth. A lichen is a stable, ecologically obligate, self-supporting mutualism between an exhabitant fungus (the mycobiont) and one or more inhabitant, extracellulary located unicellular or filamentous phototrophic partners (the photobiont: alga or cyanobacterium). There are about 18500 known species. Lichenized fungi occur in a wide range of habitats: from arctic to tropical regions, from the plains to the highest mountains, and from the aquatic to the xeric conditions. Lichens can be found on or within rocks, on soil, on tree trunks and shrubs, on the surface of living leaves and on any stationary, undisturbed man-made surfaces such as glass, metal, wooden fence, concrete, mortar, brick, plastic. They are pioneers and famous bioindicators.

  • François Lutzoni's Lab
  • Additional usefull sites
  • Main page

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