Lichens under the microscope

摘要

Lichens in the public eye The Lichens, which stain every rock and clothe every tree, which form Nature's livery o'er the globe Where'er her wonders range' have been almost universally neglected, nay despised. This neglect is to us the more surprising when we consider the facility with which they may be collected, pressed, and examined even by the humblest observer.