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environmental conditions, and can grow on almost any surface. [ ] lichens are abundant growing on bark, leaves , mosses , on other lichens, [ ] and hanging from branches "living on thin air" ( epiphytes ) in rain forests and in temperate woodland . they grow on rock, walls, gravestones , roofs , exposed soil
surfaces, and in the soil as part of a biological soil crust . different kinds of lichens have adapted to survive in some of the most extreme environments on earth: arctic tundra , hot dry deserts , rocky coasts , and toxic slag heaps. they can even live inside solid rock, growing between the grains...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lichen
fungi, too. of course, bactericides and fungicides and insecticides kill or hurt animals and plants, as well. for example, the fungicide i sprayed on the golf course greens was deadly toxic to fish, too. the pesticide manufacturers tell us these poisons will be broken down by the microorganisms in the soil
. this may be true if we have a healthy, diverse soil food web, but every time we or our neighbors spray, we decrease the number of healthy, happy microbes until eventually, there are very few of them left to perform this important function. even when it rains, we get unbelievably high doses of pesticides...
https://www.smilinggardener.com/organic-pest-control/garden-pesticides/