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"Lichens mine minerals from rock in a twofold process known as weathering . first they physically break up surfaces by the force of their growth. second, they deploy an arsenal of powerful acids and mineral-binding compounds to dissolve and digest the rock when lichens die and decompose they give rise to the first soils in a new ecosystem lichens are how the inanimate mineral mass w/in rocks is able to cross over into the metabolic cycles of the living 🗿👀 1/2