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Microbiotic Crusts

Microbiotic Crusts

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Rock on a sandy desert slope covered in grey-green and yellow lichens, with two white mesh fog collectors on the ridge above under an overcast sky. — When Fog Becomes Life: Fog Water Harvesting in the Hyperarid Atacama Desert Felipe Ríos-Silva

Patches of dark brown moss with young grass shoots growing over a cracked, pale grey sealed surface of concrete and gravel. — Resilience in green: life finds the way Antonio Jordán

Close-up of a granite surface covered with grey crusty lichens with dark edges above a thick carpet of yellow-green moss dotted with tiny round leaves. — Lichens and mosses covering the surface of a granite rock in a cork oak forest Antonio Jordán

Close-up of a pinkish granite wall patched with pale grey and white lichens, tufts of moss and a few small round green leaves. — Lichens, bryophytes and vascular plants on a granite wall Antonio Jordán

Three round patches of yellow lichen on a dark weathered stone ledge, edged with green moss and small plants, in front of a blurred wall and railings. — Lichens on the gate of an old school Antonio Jordán

Close-up of a pale grey limestone surface densely covered with patches of leafy, crinkled orange-yellow lichen. — Lichen on limestone at the Gibraltar Rock Nature Reserve Antonio Jordán

Close-up of a single round patch of crinkled orange lichen with a few bare gaps, on pale grey limestone flecked with darker lichen spots. — Lichen on limestone at the Gibraltar Rock Nature Reserve Antonio Jordán

Close-up of a granite boulder covered with dense cushions of dark brown moss and pale grey-green lichen patches, with twigs lying on the surface. — Moss and lichens on granites near El Berrocal (Seville, Spain) Antonio Jordán

Granite boulder covered in patches of pale grey and white crusty lichens and clumps of dark brown moss, with more lichen-covered boulders behind and dry leaves at its base. — Lichens on granites near El Berrocal (Seville, Spain) Antonio Jordán

Person with a blue backpack looking over a pine forest floor carpeted with pale grey-white lichen and green moss, between straight thin trunks. — Lichens and moss covering soil Antonio Jordán

Pale grey-green clumps of lichen covering the ground at the edge of a young pine wood, between a bare sandy track in front and reddish pine needle litter under the trees. — Lichen settlers at the edge of the forest Antonio Jordán

Close-up of a fallen branch covered in pale grey-green, frilly, leaf-like lichen, lying on grass with green leaves and a small orange leaf resting on it. — Lichens on tree trunk Konstantinos Kourtidis

Close-up of round white crusty lichen patches with fine cracked surfaces and dark rims spread over grey rock, with a few small orange lichen spots between them. — Lichens on rock Konstantinos Kourtidis

Close-up of a bright orange crusty lichen patch shaped like a pair of joined circles on grey rock, with darker rust-coloured centres and smaller orange spots around it. — Lichen on rock Konstantinos Kourtidis

Close-up of a thick golden-orange leafy lichen covering a rock, its many small ruffled lobes and tiny cup-shaped structures packed tightly together. — Lichen on rock Konstantinos Kourtidis

Close-up of pale grey-green rosette-shaped lichens with crinkled lobes spread over dark brown rock, with small yellow-orange lichen specks between them. — Lichens on rock Konstantinos Kourtidis

Old stone wall of roughly cut grey blocks heavily speckled with bright orange lichen, its lower part crumbling into rubble above a strip of dry grass. — Ancient fortification wall covered in lichens Konstantinos Kourtidis

Close-up of pale grey crusty lichen with a finely cracked surface covering rock, dotted with clusters of tiny round black fruiting bodies, with patches of brown rock showing through. — Lichen Konstantinos Kourtidis

Close-up of small bright yellow-green leafy lichen rosettes on a curved stone surface covered in a grey-green crust of tiny cup-like growths, above a pale paving stone. — Lichen Konstantinos Kourtidis

Close-up of a dense mat of olive-green moss with tiny pointed shoots, scattered with a few three-leafed clover sprigs and small dry twigs. — Moss on soil Konstantinos Kourtidis

Feathery green moss filling the joint between grey granite paving stones crusted with pale green lichen, with a fallen brown seed and small conifer twigs. — Cryptogamic cover Konstantinos Kourtidis

Close-up of grey granite almost covered by a crust of tiny olive-green lichen cups, with a pale blue-grey leafy lichen rosette and a small yellow-green patch. — Cryptogamic cover Konstantinos Kourtidis

Close-up of a dense mat of feathery yellow-green moss with a few grass blades and small leaves poking through. — Moss on soil Konstantinos Kourtidis

Close-up of round pale grey-green lichen rosettes with lobed edges and a flat grey patch on dark stone mottled with rusty orange, with two pine needles at the top. — Lichens on cement Konstantinos Kourtidis

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