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My #photo shows #lichens #Xanthoria #parietina (Teloschistales) and #Physcia #adscendens (Caliciales) on a branch of #tree Carpinus betulus. The #symbiosis of #mycobiont (fungus) and #photobiont (algae) = lichens has still much #research potential. The authors C. Lorenz et al. (2023) e.g. have successfully tested X. parietina for use in #space under #Martian conditions.
©#StefanFWirth Berlin 2025
Reference
C. Lorenz et al. (2023)
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-32008-6Photos: lichens © S. F. Wirth Berlin