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Lobaria pulmonaria

Overview
PNW Range:
  West sideCommon
  East sideOccasional
  Immediate coastCommon
  Alpine or subalpineNone
Habitat: Moist lowland to mid elevation forests in areas of strong coastal influence; frequent west Cascades, occasional in northern Idaho, uncommon to rare elsewhere east Cascades.
Substrate: Trees (conifers and hardwoods), shrubs, and mossy rock.
Comments:
Synonymy: none
Lobaria pulmonaria - Habit
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Lobaria pulmonaria - Tomentum
Tomentum
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Lobaria pulmonaria - Thallus section
Thallus section
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Lobaria pulmonaria - Habit
Habit
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Lobaria pulmonaria - Soredia
Soredia
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Lobaria pulmonaria - Habit
Habit
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Lobaria pulmonaria - Habit
Habit
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Lobaria pulmonaria - Apothecia
Apothecia
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Scale: Bar=1mm unless noted
Growth Form
Fruticose: Never
Foliose: Almost always
Crustose: Never
Appressed Foliose: Sometimes
Fluffy Foliose or Strappy: Commonly
Dangling Hair: Never
Erect Hair: Never
Appressed Hair: Never
Stalks With Squamules: Never
Stalks: Never
Squamules: Never
Single Holdfast: Never
Dangling Nets: Never
Lobe Width (mm): 25 (± 10)

Upper Surface
Upper Surface Color    (Dry) 
   Pale Gray Green: Sometimes
   Pale Green: Almost always
   Dark Green: Sometimes
   Olive Brown: Almost always
   Olive Green: Almost always
   Brown: Rarely
   Tan: Sometimes
Upper Surface Tomentose: Never
Upper Surface Pruinose or Scabrid: Never
Upper Surface with Network of Ridges: Almost always
Upper Surface with Pseudocyphellae: Never
   Upper Surface with Holes into Cavity: Never
Cilia on Margins: Never
Lower Surface (Foliose)
Lower Surface Color    (Dry) 
   Whitish: Almost always
   Tan: Almost always
Veined Below: Never
Rhizinate Below: Sometimes
   Rhizines Squarrose: Never
Tomentose Below: Almost always
Cyphellae: Never
Pseudocyphellae Below: Never
Papillae Below: Never

Interior
Inside (Medulla) Yellow or Orange: Never
Central Cord: Never
Hollow Stalks or Hollow Lobes: Never
Gelatinous: Never

Photobiont
Green Algae Primary Photobiont: Almost always
Cyanobacteria Primary Photobiont: Never
Internal Cephalodia: Almost always
External Cephalodia: Never

Chemistry
Medulla P+ Orange or Red: Almost always
Medulla P+ Yellow: Sometimes
Medulla K+ Yellow: Almost always
Sexual Reproduction
Perithecia: Never
Apothecia: Rarely
   Mazaedium: Never
Disk Color    (Dry) 
   Disk Brown or Tan: Almost always

Asexual Reproduction
Isidia: Sometimes
Soredia: Almost always
Lobules: Sometimes
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