lichen

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On the salvaged tiles alone, you can find salt efflorescence, water stains, fretting, lichen, smears of soot, scratches and gashes.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2025

The best habitat for the survival of the lichen L. vulpina is the oldest trees in the forest, the authors note.

From Science Daily • Apr. 2, 2024

The eyes of reindeer shine blue in winter, an adaptation that enables them to find the lichen on which they feed more easily in months of darkness.

From National Geographic • Feb. 1, 2024

Work is underway there to save lichen growing on dying trees by transplanting them to other parts of the forest and by planting new trees.

From BBC • Jan. 29, 2024

The stones are square and arched, black and gray, more often plain than shiny, caked with lichen and moss.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri