Lobaria pulmonaria (images of British lichens)

Thallus lobes large, bright green and somewhat lustrous when wet, glaucous to brownish when dry, loosely attached, surface strongly reticulate-ridged, commonly with soredia or isidia developing along the ridges; apothecia uncommon, orange-brown. On deciduous tree bark, rarely rocks, in parkland and old forest, largely restricted to unpolluted areas in the north and west, formerly more widespread.

Refs: Smith et al. (2009), 561; Purvis et al. (1992), 362; Dobson (2005), 255 (photo); Dobson (2011), 261-2 (photo); Jahns (1983), 242-243 (photo); Whelan (2011), 112 (photos); Nordic Lichen Flora (2007) 3: 80, 188 (photo); van Haluwyn et al. (2009), 80-1 (photos); Wirth (1995), 2: 560-561 (photo, as Lungenflechte); Wirth et al. (2004), 90 (photo); Frahm et al. (2010), 112 (photo), 113; Moberg & Holmåson (1984), 183 (photo); Holien & Tønsberg (2008), 114 (photo); Arup et al. (1997), 188 (photo); Brodo et al. (2001), 417, 419 (photo); Hinds & Hinds (2007), 301-2 (photo); Walewski (2007), 110 (photo); McCune & Geiser (2009), 192 (photo); Lichen Atlas of the British Isles 3: 857 (1998).

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Images of British Lichens