A lichen for President Obama

By Kent on April 28, 2009 6:00 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | View blog reactions
From Science Daily for April 16, 2009:

"I discovered the new species in 2007 while doing a survey for lichen diversity on Santa Rosa Island in California," said Kerry Knudsen, the lichen curator in the UCR Herbarium.1 "I named it Caloplaca obamae to show my appreciation for the president's support of science and science education."
Here's a link to the original publication in Opuscula Philolichenum.
1University of California Riverside

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