Mary Allen
Lichen inharaunda iri pakati pealga nefungus. Saka lichen haisi chirimwa. Nharaunda yakadai inonziwo symbiosis. Inobva muchiGiriki uye zvinoreva "kugara pamwe chete". Algae inopa fungus kudya iyo isingagoni kuzvigadzira pachayo. Fungi rinotsigira alga uye rinoripa mvura nekuti harina midzi. Nenzira iyi, vose vanobatsirana.
Lichens inouya nemhando dzakasiyana-siyana dzemavara. Mamwe machena, mamwe eyero, orenji, akatsvuka zvakadzika, pink, teal, grey, kana kunyange dema. Izvo zvinoenderana nekuti ndeupi fungus anogara nealgae. Kune akatenderedza 25,000 lichen marudzi pasi rese, ayo akapoteredza 2,000 anowanikwa muEurope. Dzinokura zvishoma nezvishoma uye dzinogona kuchembera. Mamwe marudzi anotorarama kwemazana emakore akawanda.
Lichens ine marudzi matatu akasiyana ekukura: Crustacean lichens inokura zvakasimba pamwe chete ne substrate. Mashizha kana kuti deciduous lichens inokura uye yakasununguka pasi. Shrub lichens ine matavi.
Lichens angori kwese kwese. Anogona kuwanikwa musango pamiti, pafenzi dzebindu, pamatombo, pamadziro, uye kunyange pagirazi kana marata. Vanotsungirira kupisa kukuru uye kutonhora. Vanonzwa vakasununguka zvakanyanya kana zvakatinakira isu vanhu. Saka lichens haisi kuda maererano nekugara kana tembiricha, asi inopindura zvisina kunaka kumhepo yakasvibiswa.
Lichens dzinotora tsvina kubva mumhepo asi haigoni kuisunungura zvakare. Nokudaro, apo mhepo yakashata, hapana lichens. Kana mhepo yakanyanyisa kusvibiswa, chete crustacean lichens inokura. Asi kana iine crust lichen uye leaf lichen, mhepo haina kuipa. Mhepo ndiyo yakanakisa panokura lichens, uye mamwe manyemwe anoidawo ipapo. Masayendisiti anoshandisa izvi uye anoshandisa lichen kuti aone chiyero chekusvibiswa kwemhepo.