UC Riverside researcher names lichen after President Barack Obama

Wednesday, April 15, 2009 - 13:07 in Biology & Nature

A researcher at UC Riverside has discovered a new species of lichen - a plant-like growth that looks like moss or a dry leaf - and named it after President Barack Obama.

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