Lichen Fields Lichens are the result o In spite of basically being filamentous fungi, lichens have explored a multitude of forms and growth strategies. They can be mistaken for a simple patch on bark or rock, as if someone had been testing colours with sprays before...

Lichen Fields The more simple photosynthetic organisms (lichens, mosses and algae) are dominant in polar regions, where vascular plants (grasses, trees and shrubs) are scarce or absent. Rocks are their preferred habitat, due to the stability and multiplicity of...

Lichen Fields Lichens are the result of a mutually beneficial association: a symbiosis. In this case, the main components are a filamentous fungus, almost always an ascomycete, and a population of green cells that may correspond to a chlorophyte alga or a...

The Lichen Ecology group is at the Department of Pharmacology Pharmacognosy and Botany in the Faculty of Pharmacy at the Complutense University of Madrid. We explore the ecology and diversity of alpine, polar antarctic and semiarid lichens, mosses and plants from...