The Life of Lichen

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  • Explore the fascinating world of lichens with James Stevenson, UF/IFAS Pinellas County Extension Specialist.
    -Produced at the Brooker Creek Preserve Environmental Education Center
    -Starring James Stevenson
    -Written by James Stevenson
    -Edited by Julia Myers
    Imagery courtesy of Brooker Creek Preserve staff and Canva.com unless otherwise noted
    Electronic Data Information Source Publication: edis.ifas.ufl.edu/in1296
    Website: brookercreekpreserve.org/
    Facebook: / brookercreekpreserve
    We would love to know how many students we were able to reach with this video. ..let us know here: bit.ly/gatiform. Thank you for watching our Great American Teach-In video brought to you by faculty and staff of Brooker Creek Preserve Environmental Education Center and UF/IFAS Extension Pinellas County.

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  • @ericschmidt6129
    @ericschmidt6129 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    That is an excellent explanation about lichen. James is quite a gifted speaker/presenter.

  • @schnaps1790
    @schnaps1790 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Lichen and Moss
    two of the most underrated forms of life
    the diversity and ability of adaptation is unbelievable

  • @susantillander2080
    @susantillander2080 2 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Wow! James Stevenson is a terrific presenter. He made this informative and interesting. I hope to see him some more.

  • @slywlf
    @slywlf 3 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    Absolutely fascinating! This answered a great many of my questions and has inspired me to go off for yet another walk in the woods!

  • @jayski9410
    @jayski9410 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    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.

    • @dr.froghopper6711
      @dr.froghopper6711 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      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!

  • @Chaotic313
    @Chaotic313 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you for this wonderful, understandable description of Lichen! I've always been curious, but never got around to looking it up.

  • @cameronlee9233
    @cameronlee9233 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    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.

  • @clarissamarsfiels7961
    @clarissamarsfiels7961 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I cried watching this! Did anyone else cry? I love nature

  • @zelvemorganz9001
    @zelvemorganz9001 หลายเดือนก่อน

    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!

  • @quinto190
    @quinto190 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    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...

  • @chefp9010
    @chefp9010 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    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.

  • @geneard639
    @geneard639 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love cloudy damp days early in spring and later autumn, the Lichen shows of it's colors and might even bloom!

  • @URDesign1
    @URDesign1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Fascinated by your presentation, better than a movie. Thanks professor 👍🏻

  • @ShredderTainment
    @ShredderTainment 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    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. 💋

  • @evelyne7071
    @evelyne7071 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I’m “lichen” this informative presentation.

  • @leontedumitru
    @leontedumitru 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I don't know why this channel has only 2k subscribers. Great content

  • @dr.froghopper6711
    @dr.froghopper6711 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    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!

  • @mattcy6591
    @mattcy6591 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I don't know why but fungus mushrooms and lichen have always been the most interesting organisms for me.

  • @mariazagaa1924
    @mariazagaa1924 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    LOVE the delivery!! I am now a lichen fan✋🤚

  • @shadetreader
    @shadetreader 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was not expecting this video to call out the prison-industrial complex 👏👏👏

  • @ken6244
    @ken6244 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Wow! This video is so fascinating it deserves many more likes and views! So much information.

  • @HawthorneHillNaturePreserve
    @HawthorneHillNaturePreserve 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Wow, very informative! I love this stuff 🤓

  • @PopularSongsCollection
    @PopularSongsCollection 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    There are moments when all worries and losses have subsided in the boundless serenity and peace of nature.

  • @maryweprin
    @maryweprin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    A fantastic presentation! Thank you so much. Really great, I look forward to more. Billy Weprin

  • @margaretmurphy9498
    @margaretmurphy9498 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very informative. I'll watch this again to try to understand this unique group of organisms.

  • @buddyharrison2869
    @buddyharrison2869 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Totally awesome presentation, thanks James and BCP staff.

  • @MiistressGiGi
    @MiistressGiGi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Great presentation and very informative!

  • @veeek8
    @veeek8 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Brilliant video, have seen so many confused presentations but this properly explained it all. Thank you

  • @cupidstunt7935
    @cupidstunt7935 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow..im really Lichen this...thnx..im now a fan..

  • @BinkyNoss
    @BinkyNoss 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Well done!

  • @satishnbri09
    @satishnbri09 ปีที่แล้ว

    Beautifully presented sir, and offcourse lichens are everywhere with different colors and texture.

  • @suz4keeps
    @suz4keeps 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Clear specific coverage thanks

  • @lobstrosity7163
    @lobstrosity7163 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fantastic video. I'll be sure to look for lichen from now on!

  • @jodyjohnsen
    @jodyjohnsen 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    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!

  • @nilebrixton8436
    @nilebrixton8436 ปีที่แล้ว

    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!

  • @skylahenry8552
    @skylahenry8552 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    amazing and underrated video

  • @claytonfoss9694
    @claytonfoss9694 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great video... can't imagine trying to remember all these crazy names

  • @jdata
    @jdata 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What a fantastic video. Thank you!
    Edit: extra points for providing a link to your sources!!

  • @paddlefaster
    @paddlefaster ปีที่แล้ว

    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.

  • @zerok-matheskrivy9190
    @zerok-matheskrivy9190 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very eyeopening, inspiring and well explained information about an overlooked and totally underrated organism. Great!

  • @amosanon3274
    @amosanon3274 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Couldn't subscribe fast enough. Loved this and learned a lot. Thank you

  • @deborahferguson1163
    @deborahferguson1163 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very well explained! Thank you!’

  • @maryannmays6578
    @maryannmays6578 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very interesting indeed. thank you. I learned a lot that added to my awe of nature and respect for even what we don't know about ourselves.

  • @aagailey
    @aagailey ปีที่แล้ว

    This is so informative and the presentation is really engaging. Thank you-I’m going to try to observe some lichens today with this new info.

  • @Liz.4485
    @Liz.4485 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was fantastic, thank you!

  • @angelasusan8629
    @angelasusan8629 ปีที่แล้ว

    wonderfully explained!

  • @papillondogs4297
    @papillondogs4297 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fascinating! Thank you!

  • @paulbroekhuyse
    @paulbroekhuyse 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very interesting. Nice to get an explanation that's detailed but succinct. They really are fascinating organisms

  • @philwaters9751
    @philwaters9751 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    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 :-)

  • @camilianSLC
    @camilianSLC 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    thankyou. this was great. very well done

  • @WebeSluggin
    @WebeSluggin ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing and informative. I was interested in growing lichen but I now understand how complex that would be.

  • @JohannSwart_JWS
    @JohannSwart_JWS 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Not mentioned anywhere I can remember - lichens also exist quite successfully in Antarctica, and are being studied extensively.

    • @aaronnekrin5150
      @aaronnekrin5150 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yea like one the only things that thrive there

    • @aaronnekrin5150
      @aaronnekrin5150 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      He does talk about it tho at 10:40

  • @user-bz8nm6eb6g
    @user-bz8nm6eb6g 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you!

  • @angharadllewellyn2192
    @angharadllewellyn2192 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fantastic! Well done!

  • @EyeSeeThruYou
    @EyeSeeThruYou 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    🥰 thank you UF!

  • @Cgraseck
    @Cgraseck 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    New Sub, Great video!
    Cheers,
    Chris

  • @or4836
    @or4836 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video

  • @zanthornton
    @zanthornton 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love the comparison chocolate peanut butter ! Make it memoriable

  • @kooale
    @kooale 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow!

  • @Everett-xe3eg
    @Everett-xe3eg 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks youtube, I took a lichen to this video!

  • @heatherkaye8653
    @heatherkaye8653 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Never heard nostic referred to as witches butter, but mares eggs. I thought witches butter to be the yellow Tremella mesenterica.

  • @kwnorton5834
    @kwnorton5834 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    How about the symbiosis of mitochondria and our microbiome in our lives? Quite obviously there’s a story here.

  • @dreoneful
    @dreoneful 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is always good to see nemo

  • @cmpe43
    @cmpe43 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That's an impressive Reeses cup, but does Lichen enrich itself self from their surface?

  • @hannajarvenpaa5079
    @hannajarvenpaa5079 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank You💖🧡💛💚💙💜 I live in archipelago with loads of lichen growing all over the rocks, trees and everything. With moss. Amazing looking creatures😍

  • @-robertson8023
    @-robertson8023 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    fungus algae bacteria yeast FABY Fabulous

  • @theresa42213
    @theresa42213 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good video! l just happen to disagree with the origin. A tad ''Chancy'' indeed!

  • @diegooland1261
    @diegooland1261 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice, good to know I'm not the only one who thinks this is cool.

  • @jaredgreen5840
    @jaredgreen5840 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Strange, all this time I thought lichens were vampire fighting warewolves. Lol 🤔😆🤗

  • @eetuthereindeer6671
    @eetuthereindeer6671 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    8:29 so you mean basically anywhere except dirt 😂

  • @kaydogcreations
    @kaydogcreations 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    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!!!!

  • @glennerd3125
    @glennerd3125 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Terraform Mars with lichen......

  • @RumoredAtmos
    @RumoredAtmos 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nostoc Skin