rhizocarpon geographicum<\/em> is luminous green on the southern side where it can harvest more light and a black lines of spores with normal green due to less light on the north.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/lichen-010-1024x768.jpg\")
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\n- Lichen do not harm living trees nor take any food from the bark. They do appear on trees that are older or in decline for other reasons<\/li>\n
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Lichen on tree bark It is appropriate for there to be two spellings (and two pronunciations) for Lichen. That is because there needs to be a fungus and an algae or cyanobacteria for a lichen to exist. Lichen is an organism that acts in a mutual relationship with\u00c2\u00a0 algae converting sunlight into vital nutrients and sugar whilst the partner fungus acts as the host to the new organism.\u00c2\u00a0 Thus a lichen is a composite organism that arises from living among…<\/p>\n
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