lichen
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"All the letters have been repainted by hand. We wanted to protect the lichen and to make sure the stone was still in keeping with the surroundings."
From BBC • Oct. 11, 2024
Functional for the outdoors, jackets are cut from cotton gabardine, wool and cashmere for warmth, while the Burberry Check is reworked in earthy colorways like sand and lichen.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2024
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
Some had sunk so deep into the bog that only a comer showed; others lay strewn about like some god’s abandoned toys, cracked and crumbling, spotted with lichen.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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