Despite the name, this dye's colour comes from pixie wings fluttering over old chicken coops - the eggs come out funky. Despite the name, this dye's colour comes from pixie wings fluttering over ...

Lichens have other uses. There are many dyes, medicines and important chemicals extracted from lichens. Litmus, the colour-changing dye used to make pH indicator paper, is in fact a compound extracted ...

Lichens also can be used in perfumes and incense and as a clothes dye. Lichens are also important for other plants and animals. Their ability to grow in some barren places, like on the surface of a ...