lichen
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The same research group previously identified what may be the oldest known lichen fossil, also discovered in Mato Grosso do Sul and younger than the bacteria and algae described in the current study.
From Science Daily ● May 12, 2026
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
An old wooden sign, speckled with green moss and blue-gray lichen, stands near the reservoir’s edge.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 4, 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
The Mosses’ mailbox was overgrown with an even heavier layer of bottle green lichen than before.
From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
"They've lots of humidity supporting mosses, lichens, and complex woodland structures, including ravines, rivers and rocky outcrops."
From BBC ● May 25, 2026
An "extinction crisis" is happening in Britain's temperate rainforests where some of the world's rarest mosses, lichens and liverworts are vanishing, ecologists have warned.
From BBC ● May 18, 2025
“If I were to make a prediction, I would envisage a growing fraction of the Peninsula’s landscape becoming dominated by a mosaic ecosystem of mosses, lichens, liverworts and fungi,” Roland said.
From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2024
Algae, pollen and lichens do accumulate in shady areas.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 30, 2024
Miyax touched the lichens on the top of her frost heave.
From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George
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