>> You could even say I took a Lichen to it.
ba-dum-tsss
Fascinating.
Sure, GIgi, why not? Now you have another free 'plant'. One thing I do remember, probably many do, from school is an observation that lichen did not grow in higher air pollution areas, interfering with some moth's cammouflage protection.
or was it they colored differently based on whether they evolved with more lichen or more soot? peppered moth?
Then there are lichen moths
https://uwm.edu/field-station/...