A beautiful ginkgo in my park last week

Yes, lichens contain at least two, sometimes three, organisms from very different types of living creatures. Grow as an organised, consistent shaped - sometimes beautiful - lichen!

Funnily enough, Birmingham has strengthened its plant sciences group in the School of Biosciences.

I know. Over here everyone wants to do sports science. Fine, but you only need so many people doing that. And yes, if you take plant science and are halfway decent you will get a good job. Only up side is ancient people like me are still needed!?!

Like Australia. It's all about bums on seats. There's already a short fall of graduates - plant science majors walk straight into jobs

Agreed! There are hardly any places left doing Plant Biology now in the UK. We kind of need it for the future.....