Dennis Escolástico, with Kim Damboise and Catherine Boudreault (lichen specialists), spent nearly 2 weeks doing fieldwork in the Hudson’s Bay, especifically in Kuujjuarapik and Umiujaq. They were still blocks of ice in the sea!

The aim of the field trip was to continue the project of the Québec lichen flora (spearheaded by Serge Payette and Catherine Boudreault). Dennis had the opportunity to collect the woolly mos Racomitrium lanuginosum for his doctoral project. He will be dissecting the clonal diversity of this widespread nordic moss and looking at its microbiome. More news will be coming soon.!