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Orange-Colored Lichens Helping Paleontologists Discover Dinosaur Fossils

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Orange-Colored Lichens Helping Paleontologists Discover Dinosaur Fossils
Preferential colonization of dinosaur bones by lichens. Image credit: Pickles et al., doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2025.09.036.

Lichens are symbioses between fungi and algae (and/or cyanobacteria) that play important ecological roles and colonize many substrates, including fossils.

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