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
“A rich garden of life has grown on the megaliths, an exceptional lichen garden has grown. So it’s potentially quite concerning.”
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 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
An old wooden sign, speckled with green moss and blue-gray lichen, stands near the reservoir’s edge.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 4, 2024
Beneath the shadow of the First Keep was an ancient lichyard, its headstones spotted with pale lichen, where the old Kings of Winter had laid their faithful servants.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
"They've lots of humidity supporting mosses, lichens, and complex woodland structures, including ravines, rivers and rocky outcrops."
From BBC ● May 25, 2026
“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
Fortunato Gatto came across a gnarled birch tree draped with pale ‘old man’s beard’ lichens in Glen Affric in the Scottish highlands.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2024
Algae, pollen and lichens do accumulate in shady areas.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 30, 2024
Everything dies, all around, trees, plankton, lichens, mice, whales, flies, mitochondria.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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