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A great weekend at the end of February for the BLS Winter Workshop at Preston Montford, led by Neil Sanderson, Brian Coppins & John Douglass, working through lots of problem specimens and a trip to Alcott Woodlands. Photos (c) Douglass #lichens

Companhia das Lezírias, one of my favorite spots for #lichen sampling!

Manuscripts invited (deadline Sept. 2025) for an exciting Special Issue - Organismal Composition, Interactions and Functionality, guest edited by @veera_tuovinen, Ioana Onut Brännström, Gulnara Tagirdzhanova and Ellen Cameron - select the option ‘Lichen Symbiosis’ on submission!

It's time to start planning your participation in the 37th SLI conference! From September 9 to 11, we will meet in Florence in the beautiful setting of the Botanical Garden. Information available at lichenologia.eu/37-convegno-sl… #lichens #OrtoBotanico #Firenze #GiardinoDeiSemplici

Already 9 symposia have been submitted, but we want many more! There are still many aspects of lichens that deserve to be represented at #IAL10 in Trieste. Submit your proposal at ial10.units.it/?page_id=8246 #lichens #lichenology #netwroking #scicomm

Looking for good photos of hapters for our Handbook of Lichenology project (ial-lichenology.org/handbook-of-li…). Anyone? Here an example of a plate of the project:

The Lichen Journal Club, organized by Theo Llewellyn, is back! On 7 May, from 18:30 to 19:30 CET, join the discussion about "ITS alchemy: On the use of ITS as a DNA marker in fungal ecology" (doi.org/10.1016/j.fune…). Contact: [email protected] for details. #lichens

That sounds really exciting for anyone interested in #biomonitoring and dreaming of a future with more shared #protocols and #data!

On Thursday, July 3 at 6 PM, join a free public talk on the mysterious world of lichens with Prof. Pier Luigi Nimis at the Fiera di Primiero Library (TN). The event is part of the First Symposium of Alpine Lichenology (July 1–4) in Paneveggio Park. 🔗 parcopan.org/alla-scoperta-… #scicomm

How do #lichens attach to the substrate? How do #holdfast or #rhizines appear? The main types of attachment are illustrated in the new panel of the Handbook of Lichenology at ial-lichenology.org/wp-content/upl… and examples of the variation between species will be shown on following plates.

The wonderful variety of #lichens brilliantly illustrated and displayed. The new plate is about attachment structures, but #apothecia, (pseudo)cyphellae, #isidia, #lirellae and #mazedia are already published! ial-lichenology.org/handbook-of-li… #scicomm #lichenologist #training #LichenTraits

One of the environments that we need to know better to implement proper #conservation strategies! #Alps #lichens

#地衣類 everyday 世界の「地衣」 Chii (Jp.) Lichen (Eng.) Λειχήνα (Gk.) Flechten (Germ.) Lav (Dan. Swed. Norw.) Jäkälä (Fin.) Лишай (Rus.) Lichene (Ital.) 지의류 (韓国) लाइकेन (Nepal)

More than 100 species of symbiotic fungi (lichens & #ectomycorrhizae) found in a field trip to Kalimantan (Borneo)! Read the full report by F.S. Fastanti & A. Retnowati in International Lichenological Newsletter 57(2). ial-lichenology.org/wp-content/upl… 🍄 #Mycology #Lichens #Biodiversity

1/4) Researchers from the Universities of Pisa, Bologna, Florence, and Palermo are joining forces in the #BioConLobaria project to conserve threatened #lichens. Using #Lobaria pulmonaria as a model, they’re testing translocation as a conservation tool in #Mediterranean #forests.

Off to Poland in ILN 57(2)! The 32nd Meeting of Polish Lichenologists, organized by the Lichenological Section of the Polish Botanical Society with local partners, brought talks, posters & a field trip to Grabianka Valley. ial-lichenology.org/wp-content/upl… #Lichenology #newsletter #lichen