San Francisco State University

Soil looks like one brown background, but water, minerals, organic matter, roots, fungi, bacteria, and decaying plant material all change how it reflects light. I will build a low-cost benchtop ...

Desert mosses live closely with lichens and other microorganisms, together performing vital ecosystem services. However, their associated microbe and microfauna communities are not fully charact...

San Bruno Mountain in the San Francisco Bay Area has sharp microclimate contrasts from summer fog. These conditions support epiphytic cryptogams—lichens and mosses relying on atmospheric moistur...