{"id":63532,"date":"2021-07-07T10:11:27","date_gmt":"2021-07-07T14:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=63532"},"modified":"2021-07-07T10:11:27","modified_gmt":"2021-07-07T14:11:27","slug":"lunchtime-discovery-lichens-of-north-carolina","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/event\/lunchtime-discovery-lichens-of-north-carolina\/","title":{"rendered":"Lunchtime Discovery: Lichens of North Carolina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/P1100138_800.jpg\" alt=\"Assortment of lichens on a fence rail.\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Biology, Distribution and Conservation<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Gary Perlmutter<\/strong>, Environmental Specialist, NC DEQ Division of Water Resources<\/p>\n<p>Lichens are beautiful, fascinating organisms that are often overlooked, despite being found everywhere! This presentation will give a sense of the wonder of these unusual lifeforms, their dizzying array of species diversity and how lichens are important to the ecosystems in which they reside, with a focus on species here in North Carolina.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/kc9WDwmqXDM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Join us on YouTube!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Live Virtual Presentation hosted by N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences Daily Planet Curator Chris Smith and the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality Office of Environmental Education and Public Affairs staff.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>You can post questions in the YouTube chat or tweet questions to #LunchTimeDiscovery and mention @NorthCarolinaEE.<\/p>\n<p><em>Brought to you by the NC DEQ Office of Environmental Education and Public Affairs and the NC Museum of Natural Sciences.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biology, Distribution and Conservation Gary Perlmutter, Environmental Specialist, NC DEQ Division of Water Resources Lichens are beautiful, fascinating organisms that are often overlooked, despite being found everywhere! This presentation will give a sense of the wonder of these unusual lifeforms, their dizzying array of species diversity and how lichens are important to the ecosystems in&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/event\/lunchtime-discovery-lichens-of-north-carolina\/\">Read More ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[3,13,164,14,15,170,8,173],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/63532"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/63532\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63532"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=63532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}