Moss and lichen growing on the upper side of high branches in a dying tree. Ascomycota. South Africa.
Lichens are composite organisms consisting of a symbiotic association of a fungus with a photosynthetic partner. They are abundant as epiphytes on leaves and branches in rain forests and temperate woodland, on bare rock, including walls and gravestones.
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