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Beard Lichen

Usnea amblyoclada

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33.98, -84.58

Field Notes

Description:

Substrate and ecology: growing mainly on acidic and volcanic rocks, rarely on limestone, very rarely on bark, usually in shady situations, in mixed pine-oak-juniper forests or in canyons, between 200 and 2530 m; World distribution: southern North America;

Habitat:

Spotted growing on a rockface on top of Kennesaw Mountain

Notes:

Additional web site: http://lichens.digitalmycology.com/macrolichens/Usnea.html

Reference Links:

Usnea amblyoclada - Overview, Usnea, Usnea amblyoclada

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
Ric3
Some references indicate Usnic acid was/is used to fight TB bacteria; and it is somehow used in contemporary Homepathic medicine. It is used to ferment a corn beverage in Mexico, if that could be considered a medicinal use.
JayMcGhee
So what are the medicinal properties?

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PublishedMarch 9, 2013

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