lichen

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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

Bark is fringed and bearded with lichen, and trunks are aglow with an icing of molds, slimes and moss.

From Seattle Times

Nine species were named after former President Barack Obama, including several fish and a lichen.

From Seattle Times

If so, those might be lichen, a type of symbiotic growth that consists of a fungus that provides the structure for the algae or cyanobacteria living within it.

From Washington Post

But others, especially cold-adapted lichens that are already living near their climate limit, are likely to succumb to increasing heat and aridity.

From Scientific American