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Lichen Islandicus<br />

Definiti<strong>on</strong><br />

Lichen Islandicus c<strong>on</strong>sists of the whole or cut dried thalli of Cetraria islandica<br />

(L.) Acharius s.l. (Parmeliaceae) (1).<br />

Syn<strong>on</strong>yms<br />

Physcia islandica DC, Lichene islandicus L. (2).<br />

Selected vernacular names<br />

Al kharaza, Blätterflechte, brodmose, cetraria, broedmasa, erba rissa, Fieberflechte,<br />

Fiebermoos, focus, hazaz, Heideflechte, Iceland lichen, Iceland<br />

liver wort, Iceland moss, Icelandic moss, Isländische Flechte, Isländische<br />

Tartschenflechte, Isländisches Moos, kharaz assoukhour, lichen<br />

catharticus, lichen d’Islande, lichène islandico, líquén de islandia, Lungenmoos,<br />

matmasa, muscus, Purgiermoos, svinmasa (2–5).<br />

Geographical distributi<strong>on</strong><br />

Grows in northern, eastern and central Europe, Siberia and North America<br />

(5, 6).<br />

Descripti<strong>on</strong><br />

A lichen of approximately 10 cm in height, growing <strong>on</strong> the ground, the<br />

brown sh<strong>ru</strong>bby thallus lobed and forked, and with a fringed margin. Upper<br />

surface olive-green to brown, with occasi<strong>on</strong>al dark reddish brown<br />

copular apothecia, and the lower surface whitish-grey with numerous<br />

small, whitish depressed spots (5, 7).<br />

Plant material of interest: dried thalli<br />

General appearance<br />

Pieces of foliaceous lichen up to about 15 cm l<strong>on</strong>g, composed of numerous<br />

erect branches about 6 mm broad or more, in an unevenly developed<br />

dichotomy, c<strong>on</strong>sists of glabrous, groove-shaped or almost flat, stiff, brittle<br />

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