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

This freezes quickly and makes it harder for reindeer to graze on lichen, their major food source.

From BBC

Some lichens and moss survive in the polar desert, but “almost nothing there of any life, of any significance,” said evolutionary geneticist Eske Willerslev.

From Washington Post

And the view is not complete without a scan of the forest floor, littered with hundreds of fallen trees, rotting logs, fungi, lichens, mosses and sword ferns.

From Seattle Times

As he treks beneath Nepal’s towering peaks, Shiva Devkota looks down — at Himalayan lichens and mushrooms and an often-overlooked yellow and orange world beneath his feet.

From Washington Post