What is moss and lichen?

Answer 1

A lichen is a plant, usually an alga, and a fungus living symbiotically. Moss is a common name for the Bryophytes, a phylum of usually small plants with a distinctive life cycle. Lichens and moss, though often found in similar environments, aren't really related.

Answer 2

Moss and lichen are both types of non-vascular plants that are typically found in moist environments. Moss is a small green plant that lacks true roots, stems, and leaves, while lichen is a composite organism formed from a symbiotic relationship between fungi and algae or cyanobacteria. Both moss and lichen play important ecological roles in their respective habitats.

Answer 3

A green obsorbant sponge thing.

Moss is a very short green plant that does not have true leaves, stems, and roots.

Answer 4

Moss is a plant that has no seeds or flowers, and which produces spores. There are around 14,500 known species of moss.