Gardeners and homeowners often contact our Horticulture Hotline at Cornell Cooperative Extension in Oriskany when they notice a grayish blue-green crusty or mossy looking growth on trees, shrubs, ...

Editors note: Throughout the growing season, Mike Hogan, OSU Extension Educator for Agriculture & Natural Resources in Franklin County, will answer gardening questions submitted by Dispatch readers.

What came first, the dying branches or the ball moss? A number of gardeners credit the ball moss seen on declining live oak branches as the cause of the decline. The truth is that the ball moss is on ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Lichen on Eastern red cedar (Juniperus) Q • My maple and river birch have this silvery-green fungus growing on the bark. Is it ...

I often receive calls from concerned individuals about gray, fuzzy growths appearing on plants that seem to be causing harm. Most of the time it ends up being lichen. Lichens are not harmful to plants ...

On a brisk Saturday morning at Bradbury Mountain State Park in Pownal, Maine, Park Ranger Jeff Pengel leads a nature walk he’s titled ‘EnLichenment’. And, puns aside, there’s a lot to see here, once ...