Lobaria pulmonaria Lobariaceae
Lobaria pulmonaria

Growth type foliose
Chemical results: Medulla: K+ yellow-orange, P+ orange

Well-lit deciduous trees and mossy rocks in un-polluted western areas. Slow to re-colonise and rare in eastern England.
BLS conservation evaluation: LC Sc L IR. NIEC 'Old woodland' indicator

Large green, wrinkled thallus with the lobe-ends often incised. Isidia and coarse soredia form on ridges on upper surface. Apothecia occasional


Lobaria pulmonaria


Lobaria pulmonaria
Lobaria pulmonaria
Wessex Lichen Group meeting, New Forest, Hants. December 2012

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