Kaja Skubała, PhD, a professor at the Jagiellonian University (JU) … told the Polish Press Agency (PAP) that in the future, these organisms could help protect humans from harmful radiation.

Future experiments aim to explore whether lichen symbionts can produce oxygen for respiration in Martian-like conditions.

#lichens #fungi #algae #cyanobacteria #Mars #space #radiation
https://ampoleagle.com/polish-scientist-examines-if-lichens-can-survive-on-mars-p19074-96.htm
Polish scientist examines if lichens can survive on Mars

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Sortie Lichénologie : Col de Théoule

Dimanche 30 novembre :  le RDV de 10 h est déplacé au Parking situé 1 av de la Darse, en bord de mer, près du château de Théoule.Par ailleurs la piste du vallon de l'Autel étant fermée, nous nous dirigerons vers le rocher des Monges.
Petite randonnée derrière Théoule avec des belles vues sur la mer, les pré-Alpes d'Azur et le Mercantour. Par le GR 51, di

https://asnatnic.fr/sortie-lichenologie-col-de-theoule/

#Actualits #annam #lichens #nature

Fossil #lichen from #Devonian era shows how #fungi#algae alliance paved way for terrestrial life https://phys.org/news/2025-10-fossil-lichen-devonian-era-fungi.html

The rise of lichens during the colonization of terrestrial environments https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adw7879

"#Lichens were already widespread more than 410 million years ago, according to a new study that identifies a fossil from #Brazil as one of the oldest lichen... lichens were not marginal organisms, but key pioneers in the transformation of Earth's surface"

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#FungalFact 34:

I just shared a video on #Kurokawia palmulata. For almost 200 years, it was known under the wrong name, and only recent DNA work revealed its real place. A simple #lichen, but a good reminder of how our understanding changes over time. 🍃

https://youtube.com/shorts/xfl2drvEOuY?si=Z-8K5NQGTwapx4DT

#mycology #fungi #lichens #Mushrooms #FungiFriday #Education #phdone #Forest #foraging #academia #DNA #nature #science #microbiology #biology #ecology #YouTube #LichensFromAtoZ #lichenology #botany #Moss

K- Kurokawia palmulata. Shaggy fringe lichen. Lichens: Form A to Z

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How to Be a Lichen: Adaptive Strategies for the Vulnerabilities of Being Human from Nature’s Tiny Titans of Tenacity

When I was a child, little delighted me more than the magical green garlands draping from the pine trees, which I made into wreaths and mustaches to roam the mountains of Bulgaria as a miniature Or…

The Marginalian

#Lichens and #drones reveal dinosaur bones https://phys.org/news/2025-10-lichens-drones-reveal-dinosaur-bones.html https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(25)01206-0

"certain lichen species preferentially colonize exposed dinosaur bones, creating distinctive spectral signatures that can be detected from 30 m above ground using drones... This likely occurs because the bones provide the alkaline, calcareous, and porous substrates the lichens favor... This pattern has been noted for decades, but never quantified until now"

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#FotoVorschlag 'Dem Boden ganz nah' sind diese Moose und Flechten an der Treppe zum Bunker in der Mannheimer Gartenstadt.

Fotografiert am 14. Juni 2012 mit der Canon EOS 350D.

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#Mosstodon #Lichens