Mary Allen
ʻO ka lichen kahi kaiāulu ma waena o kahi alga a me kahi haʻi. No laila, ʻaʻole mea kanu ka lichen. Kapa ʻia kēlā ʻano kaiāulu he symbiosis. Mai ka ʻōlelo Helene a ʻo ke ʻano he "noho pū". Hāʻawi ka algae i nā meaʻai i hiki ʻole iā ia ke hana iā ia iho. Hāʻawi ka haʻuki i ke kākoʻo o ka alga a hāʻawi iā ia i ka wai no ka mea ʻaʻohe ona aʻa. Ma kēia ʻano, kōkua lāua kekahi i kekahi.
Hiki mai nā lichens i nā ʻano kala like ʻole. He keʻokeʻo kekahi, he melemele kekahi, ʻalani, ʻulaʻula hohonu, ʻulaʻula, ʻeleʻele, hina, a ʻeleʻele paha. Pili kēlā i ka haʻo e ola pū me ka limu. Aia ma kahi o 25,000 mau ʻano lichen ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa, a ma kahi o 2,000 i loaʻa ma ʻEulopa. Ua lohi a hiki ke elemakule loa. Ke ola nei kekahi mau ʻano no nā haneli mau makahiki.
ʻEkolu mau ʻano ulu like ʻole o ka lichens: Ulu paʻa nā lichens crustacean me ka substrate. ʻO nā lau a i ʻole nā lichens deciduous ulu palahalaha a wehe i ka lepo. He mau lālā ka lāʻau lichens.
Aia nā lichens ma nā wahi a pau. Hiki ke loaʻa iā lākou ma ka ululāʻau ma luna o nā kumulāʻau, ma nā pā kīhāpai, ma nā pōhaku, nā paia, a ma ke aniani a i ʻole ka tin. Hoʻomanawanui lākou i ka wela a me ke anu. ʻOi aku ka ʻoluʻolu iā lākou ke ʻoluʻolu iki iā mākou nā kānaka. No laila, ʻaʻole koi nā lichens ma ke ʻano o ka noho ʻana a me ka mahana, akā pane maikaʻi lākou i ka ea haumia.
Hiki i nā lichens ke hoʻopale i ka lepo mai ka lewa akā ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻokuʻu hou. No laila, inā ʻino ka ea, ʻaʻohe lichens. Inā emi iki ka haumia o ka ea, ulu wale nā crustacean lichens. Akā inā loaʻa iā ia ka lichen crust a me ka lau lichen, ʻaʻole ʻino ka ea. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka ea ma kahi e ulu ai nā lichens, a makemake pū nā lichens ʻē aʻe ma laila. Hoʻohana ka poʻe ʻepekema i kēia a hoʻohana i ka lichen e ʻike i ke kiʻekiʻe o ka haumia ea.