Powdered orange lichen (Xanthoria fallax) on basalt rock. Lichens are organisms formed by the symbiotic association of a fungus and a green alga or cy

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Powdered orange lichen (Xanthoria fallax) on basalt rock. Lichens are organisms formed by the symbiotic association of a fungus and a green alga or cyanobacterium.

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Keywords: alga, basalt, biological, biology, botanical, botany, fallax, fungi, fungus, lichen, lichens, microbiological, microbiology, mutualism, nature, orange, powdered, rock, surface, symbiosis, symbiotic, wall, xanthoria