lichen
Example Sentences
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Moss and lichen are everywhere on the rainforest’s tree trunks and branches.
From Seattle Times
The group discovered the plants spread across a rich, carpet-like setting of soft mosses and lichens in an area measuring 500 feet by 500 feet.
From Los Angeles Times
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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
