This podcast is Part 1 of 2 on the topic of lichen with James Lendemer, Associate Curator, Lichenology, Institute of Systematic Botany at the New York Botanical Garden, James is also Assistant Professsor in the Department of Biology at the Graduate Center, City University of New York. In this podcast we discuss the many and varied lifestyles of fungi and specifically lichen.

Additional Resources:

Biodiversity Gradients in Obligate Symbiotic Organisms: A Case study in Lichens in a Global Diversity Hotspot (NSF Dimensions)

Organisations:

New York Botanical Garden

British Lichen Society