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If the sealed jar had light and a steady temperature, there was theoretically no reason why the lichens couldn't live until the sun dies.

Lichens produce a wide array of both primary and secondary metabolites (lichen substances).

Their digestive system utilizes stronger amino acids for digesting uncooked meats, lichens, and fungus that would be poisonous to humans.

Louis explored the secret life of lichens, and another in Pittsburgh explained patterns in computational biology.

Notice other plants growing along the transect line including grasses, lichens, epiphytes and herbs.

They were scoured clear of soil ages ago, but one may sometimes find moss or lichens growing, though virtually no flowering plants.

Munk says this makes sense, given the fact that many of the trees in the Amazon rainforest have trunks covered in white lichens.

Lichens arose as a co-op. Fungi married algae. Clinging to rock, and eating it too. Transforming barren land.

In temperate regions vascular epiphytes are rare: here most epiphytes are lichens, mosses, liverworts, and algae.

Lichens are a world-wide spread consortium of fungal and photosynthetic partners.

Chitin is the stuff of crab shells and the carapaces of dust mites, the cell walls of lichens, and een the rigid innards of parasitic worms.

Once overturned, these rocks are difficult to replace and the lichens and varnish will not grow back within our lifetime.

They harm more delicate species like lichens, mosses, harebells and insect-eating sundew plants.

The brightest lichens and mosses, the loveliest gems of wild flowers, abound far up on the bleak, storm-scalped peak.

Lichens are extremely sensitive to atmospheric pollution and can be used as indicators of air quality.

Here Antarctica's endemic plants dwell: lichens, terrestrial algae, and mosses.

This sharing enables lichens to resist the most adverse environmental conditions found on earth.

In winter, when deep snow covers the ground, they stay in the treetops, relying on lichens, leaves and bark.

Its mottled brown and yellow fur helps it blend in with the lichens and the rocks. But today, agility is more important than camouflage.

The origin of lichens dated back to the Precambrian.

At the same time we have discovered that , in this region lichens species taking changes with the grows of the altitude.

The results showed that the epiphytic lichens were abundant in thses forests.

Strangler fig trees and creeping lichens devour ruins at Ta Prohm, once home to hundreds of monks.

What recorded them were embryos of lichens, ferns, etc.

Many species of mosses, and then all sorts of lichens just plastering the tree.

(26)The lichens came borne by storms.

Sorption Characteristics of Inorganic, Methyl and Elemental Mercury on Lichens and Mosses: Implication in Biogeochemical Cycling of Mercury

Distribution of lichens biomass and its affecting factors during restoration process of Inner Mongolia steppe

Preliminary probe into the research situation of the medical lichens species of Xinjiang

The Minimal Area of a Corticolous Lichens Community of Western Tianshan

Applicability of In Situ or Transplanted Lichens for Assessment of Atmospheric Pollution in Patagonia, Argentina

Biodeterioration of Stone Surfaces: Lichens and Biofilms as Weathering Agents of Rocks and Cultural Heritage

DCA ordination of ecological distribution of saprophytic lichens in forest ecosystem of Tianshan

Natural indicator of good air quality: Lichens on trees and rocks

Analysis on eco-geographical characteristics of Parmelia lichens in Xinjiang

Polyamine Production in Lichens Under Metal Pollution Stress

Species composition and distribution of lichens in soil crust of southern fringe of Zhungeer basin in Xinjiang

Atmospheric Dioxin and Furan Deposition in Relation to Land-Use and Other Pollutants: A Survey with Lichens

A Preliminary on Lichens from Guandi Mountain, Shanxi, North China

Analysis on life forms of lichens in forest ecosystem of Northern Xinjiang

The primary study on multicopy of ITS sequences of Nostoc in lichens

Review of the Antibiotic from Lichens and Lichenan

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The economic significance of lichens

A Study on lichens of Shandong province, East China

The Lichens New to Xinjiang from Mt Tianshan

Determination of Trace Element of 4 Lichens in Yunnan

Sensitivity of Three Kinds of Lichens under the Polluted Environment