A podcast devoted to the wild and wacky world of Mushrooms! Episode 37 features one of the few lichen experts on the globe. Welcome Kerry Knudsen, a charismatic lichenologist with exceptional knowledge based in Prague, Czech Republic. We touch on a bit of everything lichenized and lichenicolous, putting a spotlight on these ancient, patient beings. .Kerry Knudsen is a mycological taxonomist and lichenologist at the University of Life Sciences in Prague. Kerry founded a lichen herbarium at the University of California at Riverside, and has published 220 papers and articles on lichens.