02.23.2019 - By Prairie Public
“Manitoba has official bird, tree and flower so why not lichen?” that title of a recent article on the website of the CBC caught my attention. A group of lichenologists in Canada are orchestrating an effort to establish a National Lichen, as well as Provincial Lichens. They do admit, however, that the effort is really to draw attention to these interesting but often overlooked and unappreciated organisms.