Kunobva vanillin, syringic aldehyde, dimethyl sulfoxide, Lignin (Dealkaline) inogona extender kune phenolic mapurasitiki, kusimbisa rabha (esp yeshangu soles), semafuta emudhaka anowedzera, kudzikamisa asphalt emulsions, kunakisa mapuroteni.

Kuonekwa kwese kwe lichens kunotsanangurwa se crustose (vanoita ganda rakatetepa uye rakatsetseka pane substratum), foliose kana fruticose (yakarurama, mafomu emashizha, akafanana nemakwenzi). Lichens inokura zvishoma nezvishoma kubva pamamirimita mashoma kusvika pamamita akati wandei gore rega rega. Vanoberekana zvakanyanya nekuvandudzwa kweapothecia kana perithecia, vachigadzira lichens itsva pakumera kweascospores chete muhupo hwealgal partner mukusavapo kwefungus inofa.
Anenge 700 makemikoro, ayo akasiyana nemanyemwe, anobatsira lichens kurarama uye kudzivirira kurwiswa nemabhakitiriya, humwe fungi uye mhuka dzinodya mafuro.
Zvigwere ndezvenharaunda dzine ivhu uye zvinobatsira kudzikamisa ivhu, kunyanya munzvimbo dzerenje. Cyanolichens inobatsira pakugadzirisa nitrogen kune ecosystem yavanokura. LicheGare inoshandiswa kuratidza zera repamusoro (pavanokura) nehunyanzvi, hunodaidzwa kuti lichenometry.
Lichens zviratidzo zvekusvibisa nekuda kwekusiyana kwavo kunzwisiswa kune sulfur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen dioxide (NO2) uye ozone, pamwe nekukwanisa kwavo kutora uye kuunganidza simbi dzinorema uye radionuclides.
Zvinhu zvakadai se pigment, chepfu, mishonga inorwisa mabhakitiriya, nezvimwewo zvinowanikwa kubva kune lichens, iyo inonyanya kukosha sechitubu chedhayi (somuenzaniso, Roccella, kupa litmus), mishonga uye zvinonhuwira. Dzimwe lichens, senge Iceland moss uye reindeer moss, dzinoshandiswa sechikafu munzvimbo dzeArctic.