Trulove, Susan2013-05-062013-05-062005-05-17http://hdl.handle.net/10919/21808Researchers from China and the United States have found evidence of lichen-like symbiosis in 600-million-year-old fossils from South China. The previous earliest evidence of lichen was 400-million-years-old, discovered in Scotland. The discovery also adds to the scarce fossil record of fungi and raises new questions about lichen evolution.text/htmlIn CopyrightPress releaseVirginia Tech. University Relations