Lung lichen or lungwort lichen (Lobaria pulmonaria) is an epiphytic foliose lichen formed by the symbiotic union of one fungus species, an green alga

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Lung lichen or lungwort lichen (Lobaria pulmonaria) is an epiphytic foliose lichen formed by the symbiotic union of one fungus species, an green algae and one cyanobacterium. Grows specially on bark oaks and beeches. This photo was taken in Valle de Aran, LLeida Pyrenees, Spain.

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Keywords: algae, aran, bark, beech, catalonia, close, cyanobacterium, daran, de, epiphytic, foliose, fungus, green, horizontal, lerida, lichen, lleida, lobaria, lung, lungwort, medicinal, pulmonaria, pyrenees, spain, symbiosis, thallus, val, valle