The riparian forest is one of the most diverse environments of the La Plata River plains. It is represented by patches of humid forests, which are a valuable source of ecosystem services and have recreational and educational ...

El Instituto de Botánica Carlos Spegazzini (IBCS) (UNLP, La Plata) contiene un herbario de hongos (LPS) de aproximadamente 40000 ejemplares, con 4200 especies tipo. El objetivo de este trabajo fue examinar los ejemplares ...

Con el objetivo de indagar acerca del biodeterioro causado por líquenes creciendo sobre materiales arqueológicos líticos, en este trabajo preliminar se analizaron diferentes artefactos procedentes de la localidad La ...

A large part of the Antarctic surface is covered by lichens since they can withstand extreme environmental conditions. Lichens are primary colonizers and contribute to soil formation by deteriorating rocks through a ...

La Catedral de La Plata (Buenos Aires, Argentina), es un edificio neogótico con una superficie de 7000 m2 construido con mampostería de ladrillo a la vista y mortero, que le dan una apariencia muy especial y característica. ...

Lichens are organisms capable of colonizing almost every type of materials, provided they are stable and have sufficient exposure to light. The growing of lichens on bone surface is rare, due to the speed to which this ...

The European starling Sturnus vulgaris is a hole-nesting bird in which the male builds a voluminous nest using a wide variety of materials such as twigs, grass, leaves, feathers, and lichens. The function of lichens in ...

The present contribution is motivated by the frequent occurrence of traces generated by lichens on the fossil record, the usual and erroneous attribution of them to plant roots, and the scarce information published about ...

Xanthoparmelia farinosa is a foliose lichen widely distributed in South America, growing not only on rocks but also on man-made structures. This species has abundant soralia, but it is unknown how development occurs from ...

Antarctica presents one of the most severe environmental conditions for life. Under these circumstances, cryptogams are the dominant photosynthetic organisms, among which we find a great richness of lichens. In Antarctic ...