The Humboldt Field Research Institute, at Eagle Hill in Steuben, has a long history of studying lichens (organisms that consist of a symbiotic association of a fungus and alga). They grow in some of the most extreme environments, from arctic…

Two Russian aquatic botanists, Alexander Bobrov and his wife Elena  Chemeris, were recently hosted by the Humboldt Field Research Institute  in Steuben. They were here with Dr. C. Barre Hellquist, Professor  Emeritus of Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, of North…