Arboretum Lichens (in-person)

About this event

Cost: $45 Limited financial aid slots offered on a first-come, first-serve basis. REGISTER ONLINE: https://apps.ideal-logic.com/uwbg?key=2WSB-TGY2T_K9KH-5PTF_67922cc3cbb7

Looking for a winter activity for those short days in Seattle? Come learn more about lichens! They grow on trees, shrubs and rocks in botanic gardens and can tell us about air quality and the make-up of plants and geology. Botanic gardens can take on new meaning as a *fun* place to observe a symbiotic organism made up of a fungus and algae. You will also learn about common lichens found in an urban environment and take home a user-friendly chart that lists lichens found in your neighborhood.

Instructor Katherine Glew, Ph.D. is Curatorial Associate of Lichens at the University of Washington Herbarium, Burke Museum. She manages historic collections and processes lichens from the Pacific Northwest and Russian Far East. In addition to assisting with lichen curation, her research interests include alpine lichen community structure on Mount Rainier, Olympic National Park, North Cascades and lichens found on the smaller islands in Washington's San Juan Archipelago.