WAITLIST OPEN
NATH8204E, 1.5 CEU 
Class night and time: Thursdays, 6-8 pm  
Class meetings: February 16-March 16
Class Location: Online lectures via Zoom 
Field trip dates: Saturday, February 18 (9:30 am-12:30 pm) Woodend Nature Sanctuary; Saturday, March 11 (9:30 am – 12:30 pm) Patuxent Research Refuge.
Members $230, nonmembers $280  
Instructor: Natalie M. Howe
In this class, participants will learn about lichens, fascinating symbiotic species coming from the relationship between fungi and algae. Learn what they are, how they grow, where they do and don’t grow, and what makes them the most enthralling organisms in the world. We’ll practice lichen identification using local keys. We’ll also practice documenting of our finds iNaturalist and collecting herbarium specimens. We’ll go on field trips to explore some of the interesting aspects of lichen biology and ecology. Registration closes February 10. REGISTER.

Required Books and Materials (available at the Woodend Nature Shop):
Lichens: An illustrated manual, Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Society Volume 28
Hand lens