Subject: help with lichen project

From: Howard Lichtenstein <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 19:15:10 -0700

My son is working on a 7 th grade science project to separate the algae
and fungus in a lichen. We plan to put some distrupted lichen from the
Sierra Nevada Mountains in California in Sabouroud's dextrose agar in
the dark and hope that the fungus will grow on its own. We will check
for spores.  Also we will put some dusrupted lichen in sterile water in
the light and hope that the algae will grow. We will look for green
color or view some under a microscope. We would appreciate any advice or
references people can share.