Love is in the air: Mini-lectures on lichens and mosses

This Valentine’s Day themed evening is all about healthy relationships. We’ll kick it off with “I’m lichen it!” all about the fungi and algae that come together to create an entirely new organism: lichen. Yukon Conservation Data Centre coordinator Denny Bohmer will share a short talk on this unique part of our ecosystem. In the second half of the hour we’ll find out how “Love stinks!” when Splachnum mosses only grow on animal dung and attract flies to spread its spores. Habitat program technician Mariah Wittkamp will tell us about these fascinating mosses and their particularly smelly relationship with flies.