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Beard Lichens Genus Usnea on a tree in New Zealand.

Arā ētahi momo pukoko (he hekaheka) me ētahi pūkohu (he tipu) i kohia e ngā tūpuna hei uhi ngohe mō ngā tūnga, hei haukoti anō hoki i te rere o te toto. Tērā pea ko te angiangi me te hawa, he ingoa mō ētahi momo pukoko maha kei te wao o Tāne. Ko te pukoko, he hekaheka kua takahoa atu ki ngā pūtau mōkitokito o tētahi kapoke; ko tā te hekaheka, he noho hei kāinga mō ngā pūtau o te kapoke. Ka kapohia e aua pūtau kapoke te pūngao o te aho hei mahi huka (mā te mahi ahotakakame), hei kai mā rāua tahi – mā te kapoke, mā te hekaheka anō. Nō reira ka ora tonu te pukoko i ngā wāhi noho kino – i te ara raima, i te pou o te taiapa, i te ara, i ngā wāhi ka hemo ko te hekaheka me te kapoke ki te kore rāua e piri tahi. Ehara te pūkohu i te hekaheka – he momo tipu kē te pūkohu.

He mahi ā-ringa
Kimihia ngā pukoko e piri ana ki ngā pou taiapa me ngā pou hiko, ki te ara hīkoi, ki te huarahi anō. Arā ētahi pukoko ka tupu i ngā
taiao  maha, tae atu ki ngā taiao kino, engari ko tēnei momo, te angiangi, ko te ngahere anake tōna kāinga noho.

WHAKAAHUA: Nā Mikey Watson,  CC BY-NC 4.0

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