Stefan F. Wirth<p>My <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/photo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photo</span></a> shows <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/lichens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lichens</span></a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/Xanthoria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Xanthoria</span></a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/parietina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>parietina</span></a> (Teloschistales) and <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/Physcia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Physcia</span></a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/adscendens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>adscendens</span></a> (Caliciales) on a branch of <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/tree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tree</span></a> Carpinus betulus. The <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/symbiosis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>symbiosis</span></a> of <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/mycobiont" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mycobiont</span></a> (fungus) and <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/photobiont" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photobiont</span></a> (algae) = lichens has still much <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> potential. The authors C. Lorenz et al. (2023) e.g. have successfully tested X. parietina for use in <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> under <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/Martian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Martian</span></a> conditions.</p><p>©<a href="https://biologists.social/tags/StefanFWirth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StefanFWirth</span></a> Berlin 2025</p><p>Reference<br>C. Lorenz et al. (2023)<br><a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-32008-6" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-320</span><span class="invisible">08-6</span></a></p><p>Photos: lichens © S. F. Wirth Berlin</p>