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Lung lichen (Lobaria pulmonaria) observation by Marnhull (#79)
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January 24, 2010 @ 16:00 | Posted on:
January 24, 2010 @ 15:44 (diff:
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Unidentified lichen and moss? on White spruce (Picea glauca) and Balsam fir (Abies balsamea). Fingers for scale. Flash used on leafy lichen image.
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By Lessa on
1/27/2010 8:53:32 AM
Nice photos - thanks for the fingers for scale. None are Erioderma (Boreal felt lichen) but that is a spectacular specimen of Lobelia pulmonaria ("lung" lichen) - the big leafy one. So called because the lobes resemble the lobes in the lung.
By Lessa on
1/29/2010 4:21:44 AM
I've asked a few people who know more about lichens than I. They stress that to really ID properly you need to be in the field with a hand lens, and sometimes take a specimen for examination under a microscope.
By Lessa on
1/29/2010 4:22:49 AM
They think:
photo 2 (on the spruce): moss tufts are Ulota spp. and the lichen is likely genus Parmelia probably P. squarrosa.
By Lessa on
1/29/2010 4:23:45 AM
And Photo 3:
Moss is unidentifiable.
Greenish veil at the top is a liverwort (possibly Ptilidium pulcheremum) and the lichen is again a Parmelia again probably P. sqarrosa.
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