{"version":"1.0","type":"link","title":"Crustose - Newikis","description":"Crustose is a habit of some types of algae and lichens in which the organism grows tightly appressed to a substrate, forming a biological layer. Crustose adheres very closely to the substrates at all points. Crustose is found on rocks and tree bark. Some species of marine algae of the Rhodophyta,…","provider_name":"Newikis","provider_url":"https://newikis.com","cache_age":86400,"thumbnail_url":"https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Caloplaca_marina.JPG/1280px-Caloplaca_marina.JPG","thumbnail_width":1280,"thumbnail_height":958}