lichen display

Related literature on Lobaria pulmonaria
habitat: mixed conifer and deciduous forest, Other lichen in the same habitat

Characteristics of Lobaria pulmonaria (L.) Hoffm.

  • Soredia: on ridges or lobe margins
  • Lobules: no
  • Isidia: yes
  • Podetia: no
  • Reproductive Body: apothecium rust
  • Body Type: foliose
  • Unstratified: no
  • Life Form: lobes loosely attached
  • Hollow lobes: no
  • Central cord: no
  • Lobe shape: strap-shaped not channeled
  • Rhizines:
  • Cilia margin: no
  • Simple perforate: yes
  • Cyphellae: no
  • Pseudocyphellae: no
  • Lobe Color, inside: white
  • Lobe Color, underneath: tan-with tomentum
  • Surface Color: yellow-green
  • Surface texture: veined-bottom
  • Wrinkles: lower surface
  • Cephalodia: yes internal pockets
  • Papillae: no
  • Fibrilles on Branches: no
  • Spore type: septate
  • Spore size (um):
  • Lobe Width: more than 10 mm
  • Lobe Range Width: 10 mm - 20 mm
  • Medullar C Reaction: negative
  • Medullar K Reaction: positive y- to orange
  • Medullar KC Reaction: ambiguous
  • Medullar P Reaction: positive orange
  • Areolate: not areolate
  • Algae: green
  • Iodine Test:
  • Cortex C:
  • Cortex K:
  • Cortex P:
These lichen pages provided with NSF funding and in association with
Northwest Alliance for Computational Science and Engineering
School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Oregon State University
and
Dept of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University
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