jäkälien
Jäkälien is the genitive plural form of jäkälä, the Finnish word for lichen. Jäkälä designates a symbiotic organism that typically consists of a fungal partner and one or more photosynthetic partners, such as algae or cyanobacteria. Together they form a single biomass with a shared structure, which can appear as crusty patches on rocks, leafy thalli on tree bark, or prismatic formations on soil.
In nature, jäkälät cover a broad range of habitats and often thrive in environments where other organisms
Linguistically, jäkälien is used to express possession or association with lichens in Finnish. It functions as