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Nov. 12, 2010
Video Pick: We Like Lichens
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| Not a fungus, not a plant...both? Neither? We'll take a step into the strangely symbiotic world of the lichens. |
Produced by Flora Lichtman, Correspondent and Managing Editor, Video
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Flora Lichtman
Multimedia Editor
NPR's Science Friday
New York, New York
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by William Purvis
Lichens of North America
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