lichen

Example Sentences

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The Pacific Coast beaches and sea stacks are distinct from the dense interior rainforests of moss and lichen, and neither afford clear views of the glaciated alpine peaks.

From Seattle Times

Crisp and fresh, but thick with scents: trees, soil, lichens, slow and organic growth, vegetal decomposition.

From Seattle Times

Your photo looks more like armillaria than lichens.

From Seattle Times

When the volunteer finds lichen growing on her flowers, jeopardizing their health, it soon also appears on her body, as if to underscore the poetic connection between these two life forms.

From Washington Post

A late-March walk in the hills east of Berkeley revealed oaks, only recently a steely gray, have turned sharply green; even the lichen covering their bark appeared refreshed in the morning mist.

From Los Angeles Times