Mohloli oa vanillin, syringic aldehyde, dimethyl sulfoxide, Lignin (Dealkaline) e ka ba extender bakeng sa polasetiki ea phenolic, ho matlafatsa rabara (esp bakeng sa lieta tsa lieta), e le motsoako oa seretse sa oli, ho tsitsisa emulsions ea asphalt, ho fokotsa liprotheine.

Ponahalo e akaretsang ea lichens e hlalosoa e le crustose (li etsa lekhalo le tšesaane le le bataletseng holim'a substratum), foliose kapa fruticose (libopeho tse otlolohileng, tse nang le makala, tse tšoanang le lihlahla).Boriba bo hola butle ho tloha ho limilimithara tse 'maloa ho ea ho limithara tse' maloa selemo le selemo.Li ikatisa haholo ka nts'etsopele ea apothecia kapa perithecia, ho etsa lichens tse ncha ka ho mela ha li-ascospores feela ka pel'a molekane oa algal eo ho se nang fungus e shoang.
Hoo e ka bang lik'hemik'hale tse 700, tse ikhethang ho boriba, li thusa boriba hore bo phele le ho thibela litlhaselo tsa baktheria, li-fungus tse ling le liphoofolo tse jang litlama.
Boribe ke ba lichaba tse ka tlas'a mobu 'me li thusa ho tsitsisa mobu, haholo-holo libakeng tse lehoatata.Li-cyanolichen li kenya letsoho ho lokisa naetrojene tikolohong eo li holang ho eona.LicheGare e sebelisetsoa ho khetholla lilemo tsa bokaholimo (tseo li holang ho tsona) ka mokhoa o bitsoang lichenometry.
Lichens ke matšoao a tšilafalo ka lebaka la phapang ea bona ea kutlo ho sulfur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen dioxide (NO2) le ozone, hammoho le bokhoni ba bona ba ho monya le ho bokella litšepe tse boima le radionuclides.
Lintho tse kang li-pigment, chefo, lithibela-mafu, joalo-joalo li fumanoa ho lichens, tse bohlokoa ka ho khetheha e le mohloli oa dae (mohlala, Roccella, ho fana ka litmus), meriana le litlolo tse nkhang hamonate.Boriba bo bong, joalo ka boriba ba Iceland le boriba ba likhama, bo sebelisoa e le lijo libakeng tsa arctic.