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No! Not werewolves! Lichen, like the symbiotic life forms made up of a photosynthesis buddy (like an algae or cyanobacteria) and a fungus buddy! But are they really just a couple? Or is it very common for lichen to actually be threesomes? Foursomes?! Moresomes?!! Find out about this very strange and cool goobers, this week on Petri Dish! This episode has a promo for Curiosity Cake, a podcast for people curious about all sorts of fun and fascinating things! Follow them on twitter @curiosity_cake! This episode is supported in part by Three Wishes Cereal, a high protein high tastiness cereal that is grain free! Check them out at https://threewishescereal.com/ and use promo code PODCAST10 for 10% off your order! Email us at petridishpod -at- gmail.com. On twitter @dishpodcast and instagram @petridishpodcast. References: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0175091 https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/01/how-lichens-explain-and-re-explain-world/580681/ https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2016.00180/full https://science.sciencemag.org/content/268/5216/1492 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S136952661730211X https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982218316543 https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.16475 https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.14770 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790316300227 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13127-016-0320-4 https://sfamjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1758-2229.12386 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0175091 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-26947-8 https://mycokeys.pensoft.net/article/1196/ https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2017/cs/c7cs00431a https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-16814-8_3 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11120-019-00702-0