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Lichen

Lichen is a special type of fungus that grows on rocks, trees, and soil. It comes in many colors like green, gray, and yellow, and helps keep the air clean.

Hábitat: Various surfaces

Aspecto

The Lichen has a diverse appearance, often forming flat crusts, leafy flakes, or miniature shrub-like structures. They come in many colors like grey-green, yellow, orange, or black, clinging tightly to surfaces like rocks or tree bark.

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Lichen

Categoría

Hongos

Rareza

Common

Peligro

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Datos interesantes

Lichen has been used by humans for making colorful dyes and medicines.

Scientists can use lichen to help date ancient artifacts and rock formations!

Some lichens are among the slowest-growing organisms on Earth!

They can survive being completely dried out for a very long time.

Habilidades especiales

Lichen is a super partnership between a fungus and algae (or cyanobacteria) because they both benefit from living together.

Lichen can grow on bare rocks because they slowly break them down, helping create new soil over time.

Lichen has a special ability to show us how clean the air is because they are very sensitive to pollution.

Medidas y detalles

Altura: 0.1-20 cm
Edibility: edible
Sustrato de crecimiento: other
Temporada: Todo el año

Conexiones ecológicas

symbiotic with

Green Alga

Trebouxia erici

algae provide food via photosynthesis

eaten by

Reindeer

Rangifer tarandus

major food source in winter

shelters

Springtail

Orchesella cincta

tiny insects find refuge within

depends on

Human

Homo sapiens

some cultures use it for dyes

Rasgos

Liquen

Este rasgo describe un organismo compuesto resultante de una asociación simbiótica entre un hongo y un socio fotosintético, típicamente un alga o cianobacteria.