Edit:
I made another meme about it:
Not that long ago, mushrooms were plants. I mean they weren’t, but we hadn’t figured that out yet. I hadn’t figured it until today what lichen is 😔 but have eaten it!
Does making vitamin D using sunlight count as photosynthesis?
I am attempting to grow lichen indoors for some reason. Wish I would have read more before impulse buying because apparently this is a fool’s errand
Yes, be delicate with your feet! Walking in nature is an active process that requires awareness, not a passive one, and Lichens are way easier to destroy than they look.
Breaks down rock
Prevents erosion
So… both?
Prevents run off erosion is what they meant presumably
Lichen, not to be confused with werewolves
I did not lycan them to one another.
I don’t understand how they survive wildlife if they’re that fragile
I was taught in my Micro course that lichen is actually a symbiosis between 3 organisms: fungi, algae, and cyanobacteria. The cyanobacteria produces energy, but more importantly fixes nitrogen into a more biologically available form, which would not be otherwise accessible in the environments that lichen grows in
