and threats of L. pulmonaria and other threatened forest lichens. Contents Symbiosis Population genetics Phylogeography Contact Publications Symbiosis Lung lichen (Lobaria pulmonaria) . Photo: Christoph [...] easily recognizable foliose lichen. In Central Europe it mainly grows on old deciduous trees. Lobaria pulmonaria is characterisitc in old-growth forests and primeval forest landscapes. The species has suffered [...] reproduction of this heterothallic lichen species. Phylogeography The widespread lung lichen Lobaria pulmonaria is genetically differentiated into several genetic groups. In Central Europe, two distinct
Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN). Under special observation: lung lichen Lung lichen ( lobaria pulmonaria) is a distinctive and easily identifiable foliose lichen which grows on older deciduous trees