Description
Product
Dried Lungwort Lichen
Whole
Lungwort Lichen is very light weight, and voluminous.
1.5 oz fills a 9"x6" ziplock bag
3 oz fills a 12"x9" ziplock bag
5 oz fills a 14"x12" ziplock bag
Botany
Genus: Lobaria
Species: pulmonaria
Family: Lobariaceae
Product Origin
Oregon, USA
Sustainably wild harvested in Oregon by collectors with decades of experience in properly identifying, collecting, drying and processing wild plants.
The permitted harvests are done in full compliance with all USDA Forest Service collection rules and regulations.
Only small quantities are harvested.
Uses
The appearance of Lungwort Lichen resembles Lungs, for which it was included in the Signature of Doctrines plant codex as a remedy for lung ailments.
It contains compounds such as depsidones, sugar alcohols, carotenoids, melanins, and steroids.
Lungwort lichen has a pleasant, deep, woody aroma, and is used in perfumery.
Lungwort lichen has also been used as an ingredient in the manufacture of distilled spirits and other fermented alcohol beverages.
It creates a brown dye color.
Habitat
Lungwort is an epiphytic lichen that displays a large, leafy appearance, bright green and fleshy during wet seasons, and brown and shriveled during dry seasons.
Lobaria pulmonaria a complex organism created by a symbiosis between members of three kingdoms of organisms: a fungus, and a green algae partner, living together in a symbiotic relationship with a cyanobacterium.
It grows very slowly, on old growth trees, and is highly susceptible to air pollution. Due to old growth forest habitat loss it is becoming rare to find.
Lungwort Lichen cannot be cultivated.
Precautions
This information has not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration.
This information is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease, and is not a replacement for professional health advice.
