NEW YORK (AP) – Dolly Parton has a species of lichen named after her. Scientists Jessica L. Allen and James C. Lendemer at The New York Botanical Garden have named the lichen Japewiella dollypartoniana. It was a previously known species but it could not be formally identified until it was discovered in fruit. Allen and Lendemer discovered it that way in western North Carolina. They chose to name it after Parton because she is a champion for Appalachia and that’s where the lichen is found.

 

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