Lichens

... shifted to the smaller end. Another example would be the peppered moths famous in England. Most were white because they could blend in with the lichens growing on the trees which camoflauged them from hunting birds. However, there were always a small number of dark colored moths. These moths ...

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... gymnosperms, + 258,650 angiosperms, # 199,350 dicotyledons, # 59,300 monocotyledons, o 28,849 fungi & other non-animals, including: + 10,000 lichens, + 16,000 mushrooms -Kingdom Fungi, + 2,849 brown algae - Kingdon Protoctista, + 9,671 Red and green algae - Kingdom Protoctista o 1,250,000 ...

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... gymnosperms, + 258,650 angiosperms, # 199,350 dicotyledons, # 59,300 monocotyledons, o 28,849 fungi & other non-animals, including: + 10,000 lichens, + 16,000 mushrooms -Kingdom Fungi, + 2,849 brown algae - Kingdon Protoctista, + 9,671 Red and green algae - Kingdom Protoctista o 1,250,000 ...

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... gymnosperms, + 258,650 angiosperms, # 199,350 dicotyledons, # 59,300 monocotyledons, o 28,849 fungi & other non-animals, including: + 10,000 lichens, + 16,000 mushrooms -Kingdom Fungi, + 2,849 brown algae - Kingdon Protoctista, + 9,671 Red and green algae - Kingdom Protoctista o 1,250,000 ...

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Good points. If we accept the concept, you wonder at the relationships that haven't established such a condition such as lichens.

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