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Lung Lichens
Lobaria
Lobaria is a genus of foliose lichens, formerly classified in the family Lobariaceae, but now placed in the Peltigeraceae. They are commonly known as "lung wort" or "lungmoss" as their physical shape somewhat resembles a lung, and their ecological niche is similar to that of moss.
Lobaria are unusual in that they have a three-part symbiosis, containing a fungus, and an alga (as other lichens do), but also a cyanobacterium that fixes nitrogen.
34 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Tree Lungwort
speciesLobaria pulmonaria
Lettuce Lichen
speciesLobaria oregana
Lobaria anthraspis
speciesLobaria anthraspis
Netted Specklebelly
speciesLobaria anomala
Cabbage Lung Lichen
speciesLobaria linita
Gray Lung Lichen
speciesLobaria hallii
Lobaria macaronesica
speciesLobaria macaronesica
Smoker's Lung Lichen
speciesLobaria retigera
Lobaria isidiophora
speciesLobaria isidiophora
Lobaria adscripta
speciesLobaria adscripta
Lobaria spathulata
speciesLobaria spathulata
Lobaria immixta
speciesLobaria immixta
Lobaria pseudopulmonaria
speciesLobaria pseudopulmonaria
Lobaria silvae-veteris
speciesLobaria silvae-veteris
Lobaria tuberculata
speciesLobaria tuberculata
Lobaria meridionalis
speciesLobaria meridionalis
Lobaria orientalis
speciesLobaria orientalis
Lobaria asperula
speciesLobaria asperula
Lobaria kurokawae
speciesLobaria kurokawae
Lobaria sajanensis
speciesLobaria sajanensis
Lobaria sublaevis
speciesLobaria sublaevis
Lobaria isidiosa
speciesLobaria isidiosa
Lobaria pindarensis
speciesLobaria pindarensis
Lobaria jenisseensis
speciesLobaria jenisseensis
Lobaria sachalinensis
speciesLobaria sachalinensis
Lobaria adscripturiens
speciesLobaria adscripturiens
Lobaria fuscotomentosa
speciesLobaria fuscotomentosa
Lobaria dictyophora
speciesLobaria dictyophora
Lobaria interversans
speciesLobaria interversans
Lobaria discolor
speciesLobaria discolor
Lobaria conformis
speciesLobaria conformis
Lobaria cuprea
speciesLobaria cuprea
Lobaria glaberrima
speciesLobaria glaberrima
Lobaria pseudolivacea
speciesLobaria pseudolivacea
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 48714.