Growing lichen outdoors and indoors

People who have had some success growing lichen, either indoors or out:

• Rosabal, Dania, and Raquel Pino-Bodas. "A review of laboratory requirements to culture lichen mycobiont species." Journal of Fungi 10.9 (2024): 621.
  • "The aim of this work is to summarize the nutritional and physicochemical requirements that have been used to date to culture different lichen-forming fungi species. In total, the requirements for the cultivation of 110 species are presented. This review can provide a starting point for future experiments and help advance the methods of culturing lichenized fungi."
  • Full table here
• https://old.reddit.com/r/Lichen/comments/oyppig/does_anyone_have_any_tips_or_guidance_for_growing/ma79ece/?context=2
• TODO: Google Scholar search

Discussions about why they're difficult to cultivate:

• https://www.reddit.com/r/Lichen/comments/11ynq4s/what_is_the_best_substrate_to_grow_and_propagate/