I often receive calls from concerned individuals about gray, fuzzy growths appearing on plants that seem to be causing harm.

As a forester, I often get asked tree health questions, and one involves flat blotches of stuff growing on well-established ...

The Australian species of Lecanora occur on rock, soil, and on trunks and canopy branches of trees in all ecosystems; some are especially prominent in the comparatively species-poor lichen floras of ...

COLLEGE STATION, Texas — As winter strips deciduous trees bare, lichen becomes more visible on branches and trunks, according to the Texas A&M Forest Service. This hardy organism, a combination of ...

Darcy Thomas snaps a photo of a tree branch covered with lichen during a Lichen in the Winter World walk around Apgar in Glacier National Park on Saturday, Jan. 11. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake) ...

Dawn Brennan inspects the bark of a tree covered in several different lichens during a Lichen in the Winter World walk held by the Glacier Institute around Apgar in Glacier National Park on ...

Many calls come into the Pulaski County Extension office regarding gray or gray/green growths on the trunks or large limbs of trees and shrubs. These are lichen (and can sometimes be much more ...

Fruit trees need to be grown in the right conditions if they're to flower and fruit to their full potential. Bare-root fruit trees are generally cheaper to buy than potted trees, and the time to buy ...

To breed, a ‘couple’ will suspend themselves from a tree in a sticky mucus to mate. This jelly lichen looks like clusters of tiny, dark octopus suckers. It performs a useful role in the ...