Slow-Growing Fungus and Alga

This page is the CodyCross answer for the clue below from Culinary School, Group 2219, Puzzle 3 (Cold Smoking).

Question is: Slow-Growing Fungus and Alga

and the answer is: LICHEN

Word Meaning:

LICHEN — Any of many symbiotic organisms, being associations of algae and fungi, often found as white or yellow-to-blue–green patches on rocks, old walls, etc.

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