lichen
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Lichen is not a plant at all but a cooperative society of algae and fungi.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 25, 2022
Certainly not the Lichen or Mizzles of an English paint company.
From New York Times • Mar. 24, 2021
"Lichen don’t have any roots so the presence of elevated methylmercury in lichen must come from the atmosphere," said Weiss-Penzias in a statement.
From Fox News • Dec. 2, 2019
Lichen and deer in the fog zone also had significantly higher mercury levels than those in inland areas.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2019
These latter resemble the Cladonia pyxidata and the Lichen rangiferinus, so common in the north of Europe.
From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 by Humboldt, Alexander von
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