Oregon lungwort

Description:

Also known as lettuce lichen which it resembles. The top surface is a beautiful olive green and underneath its white to brown. The lobe margins are frilly. The frills at the end of the lobes are small.

Habitat:

Found on the ground in the Hoh rain forest near the Hoh River. It prefers to grows in coniferous trees, especially fir trees that are in cool, humid climates.

Notes:

Oregon Lungwort was used as a remedy to coughing up blood by the Hesquiat people of British Columbia.