Lobaria pulmonaria (L.) Hoffm.

Deutschl. Fl., Zweiter Theil (Erlangen): 146 (1796) [1795].

Basionym: Lichen pulmonarius L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1145 (1753).

 

Chemistry: Two chemical races.
Race I: Stictic acid, alpha-Methyläthersalazinsäure, norstictic acid (Bachmann 1962: 310). D-Arabitol (Huneck & Yoshimura 1996: 131).
Race II: Without stictic acid (Yoshimura & Hawksworth 1970, Cornejo & Scheidegger 2015: 6).

Note: Chemical races of Lobaria pulmonaria differ in palatability to gastropods