Image of Lungwort

Description:

Slo.: navadni pljuar - Habitat: Mountain secondary beach wood, step, south oriented slope, rocky calcareous ground, shallow soil layer, in shade, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 5-8 deg C, elevation 910 m (3.000 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: fallen Fagus sylvatica, not yet rotten. - Comments: Thallus width of about 35 cm (one foot). Lichen in a half dry condition. Growing solitary. - Ref.: (1) V.Wirth, Die Flechen Baden-Wuerttembergs, Ulmer (1995), Vol. 2, p 563. (2) I.Brodo, S.Sharnoff, S.Sharnoff, Lichens of North America, Yale Uni. Press (2001), p417. (3) V.Wirth, R.Duell, Farbatlas Flechten ind Moose, Ulmer (2000), p67.