On November 19th the Lutzoni Lab hosted a lichen field trip for the “Wild Ones,” an undergraduate natural history club at Duke.
Before heading out to the field, we took a few minutes in the lab to introduce some basic concepts in lichen biology.
We then gathered at Johnston Mill Preserve, a beautiful property owned by the Triangle Land Conservancy.
![Ian Medeiros (in blaze orange hat) points out an arthropod of some kind which is either mimicking a lichen or has camouflaged itself with actual lichen tissue](http://lutzonilab.org/wp-content/uploads/0L1A4838-300x200.jpg)
Ian Medeiros (in blaze orange hat) points out an arthropod of some kind which is either mimicking a lichen or has camouflaged itself with actual lichen tissue