# Fungus/algae story

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fungus-algae-story/760624>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 22, 2016, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fungus-algae-story/760624 "2016-07-22T20:33:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![KlondikeGeoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3e96dc/32.png) [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2016, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fungus-algae-story/760624/1 "2016-07-22T20:33:41Z")

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This is fascinating. Who knew lichen could be so fascinating. This reads like a fictional crime novel.

Or, as we used to say in the Army medics, “At ease disease, there’s fungus among us.”  
[http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAtlantic/~3/JRXtJrVDk4A/](http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAtlantic/~3/JRXtJrVDk4A/)

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2016, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fungus-algae-story/760624/2 "2016-07-22T21:00:08Z")

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Lichens are amazing. I can’t help wondering if there are cases where the same species of algae or fungus appears in more than one different lichen partnership.

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**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2016, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fungus-algae-story/760624/3 "2016-07-22T22:07:32Z")

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I have to say that is pretty freaking awesome. My old mycology textbooks are now just a little bit more obsolete :D.