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LichenGirraween National ParkGIR_170527_F04_VR
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Girraween National ParkLichenGIR_171028_F11_VR
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Girraween National ParkLichenGIR_171028_F06_VRI have no idea what this lichen is. It's a brownish cracked crust (in daylight) with tiny dark red-brown apothecia.
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2011-03-11 Vienna XXII. district (Lobau, 155 m AMSL).This is definitely not Cetraria islandica, but it should and could only be some Cetraria species, in my opinion.
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Vasterbotten, Sweden
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Sant'Eufemia a Maiella, Abruzzi, Italy
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Medula fluoresces orange in UV light
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Alectoria lata as known in northern California - may differ from what is called A. lata in other areas... taxonomic work needed.
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Greenfield, Massachusetts, United States
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Usnea filipendula Stirton, syn.: Usnea dasypoga (Ach.) Shirlay; Usnea flagellata Mot.Fishbone Beard Lichen, DE: Gewhnlicher Baubart, BartflechteSlo.: lasasti bradovecDat.: Jan. 1. 2017Lat.: 46.35261 Long.: 13.74700Code: Bot_1031/2017_DSC6723 Habitat: alpine forest, Picea abies, Fagus sylvatica, Larix decidua dominant trees, almost flat terrain, calcareous ground, in shade, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 1.660 m (5.450 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. Substratum: Dead branch of Larix decidua.Place: Lower Trenta valley, above Na Skali settlement, next to the trail from Planina V Plazeh to Mt. isti vrh, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comment: Thallus pendant, approximately 30 cm long, completely dry (after more than one month of dry weather, temperatures below 0 deg C); many lichens present. The species was once abundant in mountain forests. However, it is very sensitive to air pollution and is hence in strong decline in many places in Europe where it is considered endangered and (mostly) protected. Plants with apothecia became rare. At higher elevations in Trenta valley this lichen is still quite common and apothecia are still abundant. However, even here some damages due to pollution can be observed (brown dots on apothecia surface - see arrows on Fig. 11).This lichen has been historically used to treat wounds and modern tests for antibacterial properties have been positive. The lichen contains antibiotic usnin-acid, which is nowadays synthetically produced.Herbarium: Mycotheca and lichen herbarium (LJU-Li) of Slovenian Forestry Institute, Vena pot 2, Ljubljana, Index Herbariorum LJFRef.:(1) I.M. Brodo, S.D. Sharnoff, S.Sharnoff, Lichens of North America, Yale Uni. Press (2001), p 718.(2) F.S. Dobson, Lichens, The Richmonds Publishing Ca.LTD (2005), p 443.(3) B. Marbach, C. Kainz, Moose, Farne und Flechten, BLV Naturfrer (2002), p 78.(4) C.W. Smith, et all, The lichens of Great Britain and Ireland, The British Lichen Society (2009), p 923.(5) V. Wirth, Die Flechten Baden-Wrttembergs, Teil.2., Ulmer (1995), p 947.
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Stromsund, Vasterbotten, Sweden
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LichenGirraween National ParkGIR_171028_F03_VR
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Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia
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Castel Fusano, Lazio, Italy
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Depresin del Ebro. B de las Almunias
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Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
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Psora decipiensBlushing scaleDate: August 28. 2009Lat.: 46.43964 Long.: 13.64509Code: Bot_374/2009-2858Habitat: Dry upland grassland, open space, plain ground, full sun, fully exposed to precipitations, precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 0-2 deg C, elevation 1.960 m (6.400 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: Shallow mossy soil covering calcareous rock.Place: Mangarts flats, west of Mt. Mangart, m (feet), East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia ECReferences:- F. Dobson, Lichens, The Richmond Publ. (2005), p372 - V.Wirth, Die Flechen Baden-Wuerttembergs, Ulmer, Vol. 1.and 2.(1995), p787.- I. Brodo, S.Sharnoff, S.Sharnoff, Lichens of North America, Yale Uni. Press (2001), p599.- V. Wirth, R.Duell, Farbatlas Flechten und Moose, Ulmer (2000), p116.Comments: Wirth considers this species as a rare one.
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Girraween National ParkLichenGIR_171028_F10_VRThis one is interesting as it has a pinkish blush in one area of its upper surface. The underside is the same sort of pinkish in places too.