See the excellent new video, Between Two Lichens, starring Tim Wheeler, on the joys of studying lichens and some on the human side of the discovery of the basidiomycete yeast partner in lichens.

https://vimeo.com/220016998/cd2952dcb8

The lead author of that study, Toby Spribille, isn't interviewed in that video, but you can find more on his perspective at his website, for example his Teaching and Outreach page: http://tobyspribille.weebly.com/teaching-and-outreach.html

and the website for his new lab in Edmonton, Alberta: https://spribillelab.wordpress.com/