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

Further south in Devon, on Dartmoor, rare species of moss and lichen have been identified at Lydford Gorge in the past few years.

From BBC • Jan. 29, 2024

Hatsue went inland to where the cedars gave way to firs hung with lichen and moss.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson