You've answered a question I've had since childhood when I came upon the stick like lichen. I thought I was looking at the tiniest plant blossoms I had ever seen. Now I know it was fruticose (British soldier). And it only took nearly 70 years for me to get this answer. Thanks.
I find it fascinating that, at 65 and pretty seriously disabled physically, I still find benefits from continuously learning new things or answers to very old questions. I’ve been studying mycology as an amateur and, though I’ve read that there’s an association, this is the first actual explanation of that association that I’ve seen. Interestingly, very often when I learn something or really get into a topic, I frequently find myself using that knowledge for the benefit of myself or someone else. Sometimes it’s a person that I meet at the hospital or a business associate of my son, people that I meet randomly, that need the very information that I’ve been studying. So, at our age, we become the storehouses of knowledge. We can disseminate it to people that don’t know where to look. I’m a devout nerd. There’s gotta be a reason that I’ve always thoroughly enjoyed learning new and strangely weird things!
I’ve been fascinated by lichen for years, and have had many questions about the differences. This lecture has answered these questions. I will need to watch this many times as I want to absorb this information and remember it.
This was so informative. James continues to be such an amazing presenter. He teaches botanical facts in such a way that it’s fun, understandable and interesting for the audience. Great video!
I learned so much about Lichen through this video and an event at Learning Gate when we walked about the campus and a USF grad student showed us all the different forms of fungi. My favorite was the bullseye or rainbow lichen.
This is great! At an outdoor ed school on the coast of California, I taught kids about lichen in early 2000’s, and we said that story about the 2 taking a liking to one another. 🙏 Happy to see an update and get a botany refresher. 💋
Many thank yous for this. Very enjoyable watching. A week ago I went up to Mt. Laguna in CA and saw some beautiful lime green lichen growing on trees. Such wonderful, unique, fascinating living structures!
Came here from the 2018 National Geographic film about a third partner in the lichen symbiosis. This video contains more essential info about lichens than I learned in my entire biology studies...
We get lots of lichen on rocks here in NM. I’ve observed but not studied them. This is the best explanation of lichen I’ve ever seen. I’m an amateur mycologist, growing gourmet mushrooms. Now I’m gonna have to take a magnifying glass out to look at the lichen on those rocks considerably more closely!
I never quite understood lichens and this video cleared up many confusions I had. thank you for making this extremely educational video and it's really fun to watch!
Great video. I've been playing tag along with a friend of mine that's illustrating a book on lichen and haven't been paying attention. The book release is next month and I'm trying to get up to speed on what lichen are all about. She taught me the basics but I feel like I really learned a lot from this video. Thank you for posting.
Excellent new (ish) stuff with the yeast and bacteria. I'm not so keen on the prison metaphor though. I'd always thought of the fungus part as providing a modular cloche stack, or like the thecal cups of the oceanic graptolites. ( I read Geology so it always pans out that way) . Eihter way. Great little lecture... xxx :-)
Fascination! I can’t say that I understand the relationship that creates lichen nor could I comfortably label it if I saw it but I know more now that I did 20 minutes ago. And, bonus, I remember lichen in the woods where I grew up. I’ve seen it with my own eyes! All this time I thought it was a secret organism I had missed!
Me loved it. but i cant understand how this is not a plant or fungi or bacteria if its made up of all of them. XD. its a hybrid. i just call it that. every time I pass one I'm always like OMG the hybrids!!!!
