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PirenópolisThe west central Brazil is an area that can be divided into two parts:
The Planalto, formed of savannah area, with a well defined climate in 2 periods, rain and drought, and width the "Mato-grosso-goiano", lowlands from which come the sources of the Tocantins and Araguaia rivers.
The village of Pirenópolis is at the limit of these reliefs. The village lies at the foot of Pireneus, part of the division of planalto.
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Goiás Information:
Lichens have a very particular character: they are double, even sometimes triple beings since they are formed from the very close association (or symbiosis) between a fungus and a microscopic partner capable of carrying out photosynthesis, i.e. a green algae, or a cyanobacterium (or sometimes both together!).
The study of lichens is no longer a matter of botany but of mycology and it is not just a question of words: to really understand and study lichens, you have to know fungi deeply.
