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... that while most lichens that grow on plants live on the surface, the sole species in Amazonotrema grows partially among the cells of the tree bark on which it lives?
... that collections left by naturalists Frederick Lukis and his daughter Louisa, wife of Sark's feudal ruler William Thomas Collings, are the most significant natural history collections displayed by the museums of Guernsey?
... that the red pigment of the Christmas wreath lichen(pictured) is one of several chemicals that help the organism survive inhospitable environments?
... that pink earth lichen was once thought to be in the same genus as the similar-looking brown beret lichen, until DNA sequencing proved otherwise?
... that one species of Dictyonema lichen is a powerful hallucinogen that is traditionally used by the Huaorani of the Amazon jungle of Ecuador to cast curses on their enemies?
... that decades after the type specimen of the lichen Punctelia graminicola was destroyed in World War II, its original name was restored after another specimen was rescued from disposal at a dump?
... that a study of lichen growth in the Canadian Rockies showed that Xanthoria elegans(pictured) expands at a rate of 0.5 mm per year for the first century before slowing down?