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SYMBIOSIS: The Lichen task force newsletter — May 2023
A look at what we've accomplished, working together

It's been a few months since the last newsletter, primarily because there hasn't been much to report! We continue to make slow progress on turning red links to blue in the outline of lichens, mostly through the addition of articles about lichen taxa. The glossary of lichen terms has also continued to grow, with dozens of definitions added over the past few months. However, given that there are more than 1000 lichen genera (we have articles on just under 900 of them), and more than 20,000 lichen species (90% of which have no article yet), there's plenty more to write about. All hands on deck!

Articles of note

New GA article:


Caloplaca flavescens – one of the many lichen species with no article as of 1 May
Project news
  • With the upgrade of Verrucariaceae back in late February, we have another GA for the project, but there have been no GA or DYK additions since then.
  • MerielGJones continues to expand our coverage of lichenologists, with articles about Léon Vouaux and Kenneth Andrew Kershaw added since the last newsletter.
  • The number of articles on our cleanup listing has grown, with 4% of the task force's articles showing some sort of issue. These range from missing or unreliable sources to dead external links and orphaned articles. Some of these could probably be sorted relatively quickly, if you're looking for a fast way to help the project improve its coverage.
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