Epilithic and chasmolithic lichens

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Chasmolithic lichens, such as the crustose (yellow) lichens in this photo, live in the cracks of rocks. Epilithic lichens, such as the foliose lichens, live on the rock surface.

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Location: Marblehead, Massachusetts, United States
Photo credit: © Custom Life Science Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: alga, algae, chasmolithic, crack, crustose, epilithic, foliose, fungi, fungus, granite, islc, lichen, lichens, microbiology, mutualism, mutualisms, rock, symbiont, symbioses, symbiosis, thallus