adjective
- forming a thin, hard crust; having the form or texture of a crust
Usage: chiefly botanical and mycological
Examples
- The crustose lichen clung tightly to the rock surface.
- Crustose lichens are often the first colonizers on bare stone.
- The fungus formed a thin crustose layer on the bark.
- These crustose species are difficult to remove from the substrate.