Lichens represent self-supporting symbioses, which occur in a wide range of terrestrial
habitats and which contribute significantly to mineral cycling and energy flow at a global …

Lichens are the symbiotic outcomes of open, interspecies relationships, central to which are
a fungus and a phototroph, typically an alga and/or cyanobacterium. The evolutionary …

The work of Mark et al.(2020; pp. 1362–1375), in this issue of New Phytologist, prompted us
to revisit how the term 'lichen'should now be defined, as they dig deeper into the …

Lichenicolous fungi represent a highly specialized and successful group of organisms that
live exclusively on lichens, most commonly as host-specific parasites, but also as broad …

Fungi are key players in vital ecosystem services, spanning carbon cycling, decomposition,
symbiotic associations with cultivated and wild plants and pathogenicity. The high …

Lichens are symbiotic associations resulting from interactions among fungi (primary and
secondary mycobionts), algae and/or cyanobacteria (primary and secondary photobionts) …

Several decades of research across disciplines have overturned historical perspectives of
symbioses dominated by binary characterizations of highly specific species–species …

Fungi are well-known decomposers of organic matter that thrive in virtually any environment
on Earth where they encounter wealths of other microbes. Some fungi evolved symbiotic …

The popular dual definition of lichen symbiosis is under question with recent findings of
additional microbial partners living within the lichen body. Here we compare the distribution …

Lichen symbioses develop long-living thallus structures even in the harshest environments
on Earth. These structures are also habitats for many other microscopic organisms, including …