lichen

Example Sentences

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A late-March walk in the hills east of Berkeley revealed oaks, only recently a steely gray, have turned sharply green; even the lichen covering their bark appeared refreshed in the morning mist.

From Los Angeles Times

Nine species were named after former President Barack Obama, including several fish and a lichen.

From Seattle Times

Steep slopes were thick with impossibly vertical Douglas firs, their feathery branches interwoven in a bonanza of dark green, draped in silvery lichen.

From Washington Post

"Moss and lichen can take hundreds of years to form, but it only takes five minutes to destroy."

From BBC

Kingdom Fungi is made up of an estimated 3.5 million species — including molds, yeasts, lichens — that began evolving on Earth 1.3 billion years ago.

From Salon