DYK… Tree Lungwort isn’t just one organism — it’s multiple living together as one!
A fungus provides the structure while an algae inside makes the food.
Together, they create the bright green leafy lichen you see on the tree!🍃
#TreeLungwort #Lichen
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✨A good sign ✨
Spotted in the River Dart catchment: Lobaria pulmonaria (Tree Lungwort). Sensitive to pollution, it thrives only in clean air and moist woodland. Its presence shows a healthy catchment, the very conditions that can help rivers thrive.
#Treelungwort #Woodland
Bright green leafy tree lungwort lichen
Bright green leafy tree lungwort lichen
Bright green leafy tree lungwort
A much needed spot of rain meant that the tree lungwort in Dunollie Woods, Oban, was looking lusher last week than it has for some time
#treelungwort
#lichen
YES! Found Lobaria pulmonaria in my local forest-- "large epiphytic lichen consisting of an ascomycete fungus and a green algal partner living together in a symbiotic relationship with a cyanobacterium—a symbiosis of three kingdoms of organisms." #botany #lichen #airquality #treelungwort #lungwort
FB memory Lochaber visit. I was super happy to Spot #TreeLungwort
More info www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-...
