Cryptobiotic soil. Cryptobiotic soil is a biological soil crust composed of living cyanobacteria, green algae, brown algae, fungi, lichens, and/or mos

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Cryptobiotic soil. Cryptobiotic soil is a biological soil crust composed of living cyanobacteria, green algae, brown algae, fungi, lichens, and/or mosses and is commonly found in arid regions around the world. Photographed in Arches National Park, USA.

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