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Usnea amblyoclada
Substrate and ecology: growing mainly on acidic and volcanic rocks, rarely on limestone, very rarely on bark, usually in shady situations, in mixed pine-oak-juniper forests or in canyons, between 200 and 2530 m; World distribution: southern North America;
Spotted growing on a rockface on top of Kennesaw Mountain
Additional web site: http://lichens.digitalmycology.com/macro...
Spotted on Mar 8, 2013
Submitted on Mar 9, 2013
2 Comments
Some references indicate Usnic acid was/is used to fight TB bacteria; and it is somehow used in contemporary Homepathic medicine. It is used to ferment a corn beverage in Mexico, if that could be considered a medicinal use.
So what are the medicinal properties?