Culture experiments and DNA sequence data confirm the identity of Lobaria photomorphs.

Features a study that compared the genetic identity of the mycobionts obtained from both photomorphs of the photosymbiodemes of the lichens Lobaria amplissima and Lobaria fendleri. Phylogenetic relationships between different symbiotic associations found within the genus Lobaria; Isolation of the cyanobacterial photobionts; Chemistry of the mycobiont and resynthesis stages; Interactions of the bionts.