[TheForge] OT - Asphalt shingle rot? (Lichen)

[Jerry Frost]

That works for me Mark, I don't know what the stuff is, other than . . . 
DIFFERENT.

Thanks.

Jer
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> Jerrry,
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> As I recall, lichen is a combination of a fungus and alga. A symbiont 
> relationship. The fungus provides the anchor and the moisture or 
> protection from drying out while the alga provides food from nutrients and 
> photosynthesis. It is not, technically, an air plant.
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> Mark Williams
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> Snow Hill, Maryland
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