“…2.4 | Climate-driven crust morphology determines crust hydrology up to 40% lichens and mosses) and rolling crust (crusts predominated by lichens and mosses) increase infiltration. Although widely accepted (Chamizo, Cantón, Lázaro, Sole-Benet, & Domingo, 2012;Chamizo, Cantón, Rodríguez-Caballero, & Domingo, 2016;Eldridge et al, 2010; Rodríguez-Caballero, Cantón, Chamizo, Lázaro, & Escudero, 2013;Wu, Hasi, & Wu, 2012), it was never conclusively verified, as pointed out by Xiao, Wang, Zhao, and Shao (2011) and Kidron, Monger, Vonshak, and Conrod (2012). Moreover, it relies on shaky geomorphological and hydrological ground and contains inner contradictions.…”