Lobaria pulmonaria: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Ascomycota
- Class
- Lecanoromycetes
- Order
- Peltigerales
- Family
- Lobariaceae
- Genus
- Lobaria
- Species
- Lobaria pulmonaria
- Scientific Name
- Lobaria pulmonaria
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Lobaria pulmonaria
Lobaria pulmonaria is a large epiphytic lichen consisting of an ascomycete fungus and a green algal partner living together in a symbiotic relationship with a cyanobacterium—a symbiosis involving members of three kingdoms of organisms. Commonly known by various names like tree lungwort, lung lichen, lung moss, lungwort lichen, oak lungs or oak lungwort, it is sensitive to air pollution and is also harmed by habitat loss and changes in forestry practices. Its population has declined across Europe and L. pulmonaria is considered endangered in many lowland areas. The species has a history of use in herbal medicines, and recent research has corroborated some medicinal properties of lichen extracts.
...Lobaria pulmonaria in languages:
- Bokmål
- lungenever
- Chinese
- 肺衣
- Czech
- důlkatec plicní
- Danish
- Almindelig Lungelav
- Dutch
- Longenmos
- English
- Tree Lungwort
- English
- Lungwort
- English
- Tree Lungwort Lichen
- English
- lung lichen
- English
- lung moss
- English
- lungwort lichen
- English
- oak lungs
- English
- oak lungwort
- Estonian
- harilik kopsusamblik
- Finnish
- raidankeuhkojäkälä
- French
- Lichen pulmonaire
- French
- Herbe aux poumons spongieuse
- German
- Echte Lungenflechte
- Japanese
- コナカブトゴケ
- Lithuanian
- Plačioji Platužė
- Polish
- granicznik płucnik
- Portuguese
- Pulmonária
- Portuguese
- Pulmão-dos-carvalhos
- Russian
- Лобария лёгочная
- Slovene
- navadni pljučar
- Swedish
- lunglav
- Ukrainian
- Лобарія легенева
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Lobaria adscripta
- Lobaria anomala
- Lobaria anthraspis
- Lobaria asperula
- Lobaria dictyophora
- Lobaria discolor
- Lobaria fuscotomentosa
- Lobaria hallii
- Lobaria interversans
- Lobaria isidiophora
- Lobaria isidiosa
- Lobaria kurokawae
- Lobaria linita
- Lobaria macaronesica
- Lobaria meridionalis
- Lobaria oregana
- Lobaria pindarensis
- Lobaria pseudopulmonaria
- Lobaria pulmonaria
- Lobaria retigera
- Lobaria silvae-veteris
- Lobaria sublaevis































































































































































