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Lobaria pulmonaria (L.) Hoffm.
Thallus lobes large, bright green and somewhat lustrous when wet, glaucous to brownish when dry, loosely attached, surface strongly reticulate-ridged, commonly with soredia or isidia developing along the ridges. On deciduous tree bark, rarely rocks, in parkland and old forest, largely restricted to unpolluted areas in the north and west, formerly more widespread.
Refs: Smith et al. (2009), 561; Purvis et al. (1992), 362; Dobson (2005), 255 (photo); Jahns (1983), 242-243 (photo); Nordic Lichen Flora (2007) 3: 80, 188 (photo); Wirth (1995), 2: 560-561 (photo, as Lungenflechte); Moberg & Holmåson (1984), 183 (photo); Holien & Tønsberg (2008), 114 (photo); Brodo et al. (2001), 417, 419 (photo); Hinds & Hinds (2007), 301-2 (photo); Lichen Atlas of the British Isles 3: 857 (1998).
Glen Tilt, Perthshire, April 2008
Taymouth, Perthshire, April 2002
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