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Lichen Lost Since 1925 Rediscovered as New Species, and a Second One…

Scientists found the lichen again after nobody had recorded it since nineteen twenty-five, and now classify it as a new species with a second one; a long sabbatical.

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  1. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentA lichen that nobody had recorded since nineteen twenty-five has been found again, and scientists now say it's a new species, with a second new one found alongside it.

  2. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo it was lost for a century, came back with a new name, and a sidekick.

  3. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorI assume the statement says it was always a planned relaunch.

  4. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentA hundred years missing, and the first thing it hears is that it's not who they were looking for.

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