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.
Lichen, not to be confused with werewolves
I did not lycan them to one another.
Breaks down rock
Prevents erosion
So… both?
Prevents run off erosion is what they meant presumably
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
