Gwero la vanillin, syringic aldehyde, dimethyl sulfoxide, Lignin (Dealkaline) akhoza kukhala extender kwa mapulasitiki a phenolic, kulimbitsa mphira (esp kwa nsapato za nsapato), monga chowonjezera chamatope a mafuta, kukhazikika kwa emulsions ya asphalt, kutulutsa mapuloteni.

Maonekedwe onse a lichens amafotokozedwa ngati crustose (amapanga kutumphuka kopyapyala komanso kosalala pamunsi), foliose kapena fruticose (owongoka, mawonekedwe a nthambi, ofanana ndi zitsamba). Lichens amakula pang'onopang'ono kuchokera ku mamilimita angapo kufika mamita angapo chaka chilichonse. Amaberekana makamaka ndi chitukuko cha apothecia kapena perithecia, kupanga ndere zatsopano pa kumera kwa ascospores pokhapokha pamaso pa algal mnzake yemwe kulibe bowa amafa.
Pafupifupi mankhwala 700, omwe ndi apaderadera pa ndere, amathandiza ndere kukhala ndi moyo ndi kupeŵa kugwidwa ndi mabakiteriya, mafangasi ena ndi zomera zomwe zimadya udzu.
Lichens ali m'madera ozungulira nthaka ndipo amathandiza kukhazikika kwa dothi, makamaka m'madera achipululu. Cyanolichens amathandizira kukonza nayitrogeni ku chilengedwe momwe amakulira. LicheGare amagwiritsidwa ntchito pozindikira zaka zakumtunda (pomwe amakulira) ndi njira, yotchedwa lichenometry.
Lichens ndi zizindikiro za kuipitsidwa chifukwa cha kukhudzika kwawo kwa sulfure dioxide (SO2), nitrogen dioxide (NO2) ndi ozoni, komanso amatha kuyamwa ndi kudziunjikira zitsulo zolemera ndi ma radionuclides.
Zinthu monga ma pigment, poizoni, maantibayotiki, ndi zina zotere zimachokera ku lichens, zomwe zimakhala zothandiza makamaka ngati gwero la utoto (mwachitsanzo, Roccella, kupereka litmus), mankhwala ndi mafuta onunkhira. ndere zina, monga Iceland moss ndi reindeer moss, amagwiritsidwa ntchito ngati chakudya m'madera arctic.