Lichen (Porpidia albocaerulescens) and mosses compete for space on a boulder.

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Lichen (Porpidia albocaerulescens) and mosses compete for space on a rock substrate. The lichen may secrete allelopathic chemicals to keep the mosses from encroaching on the space it has claimed.

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Location: Haydenville, Massachusetts,
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