But although Antarctica has virtually no flowering plants, scientists have uncovered that the continent is home to hundreds of lichens. Lichens, which are formed by a partnership between fungi ...

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Two species of fungi new to the UK and another previously ... was first recorded on the opposite side of the world in Antarctica. The previously unknown species uncovered is from a group called ...

Co-researcher Prof Craig Cary, from the University of Waikato in New Zealand, said previous research had found that a range of bacteria and fungi lived in Antarctica's volcanic caves. "The ...