Xanthoparmelia chlorochroa | |
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In Bozeman, Montana | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Lecanorales |
Family: | Parmeliaceae |
Genus: | Xanthoparmelia |
Species: | X. chlorochroa
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Binomial name | |
Xanthoparmelia chlorochroa | |
Synonyms | |
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Xanthoparmelia chlorochroa, known as the tumbleweed shield lichen [1] or ground lichen, [2] is a foliose lichen in the Parmeliaceae family. It is not fixed to a substrate, and blows around in the wind from location to location. [2]
This lichen is abundant on the High Plains of Wyoming. [3] Its distribution covers intermountain regions of western North America, and Mexico. [4]
Tumbleweed shield lichen is used as a dye by Navajo rug weavers. [2]
It has been used as a remedy for impetigo by the Navajo. [5]
It was implicated in the poisoning of domestic sheep and cattle in Wyoming during the 1930s. [3] [6] It has also been implicated in the poisoning of elk in 2004. [6]
Xanthoparmelia chlorochroa | |
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In Bozeman, Montana | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Lecanorales |
Family: | Parmeliaceae |
Genus: | Xanthoparmelia |
Species: | X. chlorochroa
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Binomial name | |
Xanthoparmelia chlorochroa | |
Synonyms | |
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Xanthoparmelia chlorochroa, known as the tumbleweed shield lichen [1] or ground lichen, [2] is a foliose lichen in the Parmeliaceae family. It is not fixed to a substrate, and blows around in the wind from location to location. [2]
This lichen is abundant on the High Plains of Wyoming. [3] Its distribution covers intermountain regions of western North America, and Mexico. [4]
Tumbleweed shield lichen is used as a dye by Navajo rug weavers. [2]
It has been used as a remedy for impetigo by the Navajo. [5]
It was implicated in the poisoning of domestic sheep and cattle in Wyoming during the 1930s. [3] [6] It has also been implicated in the poisoning of elk in 2004. [6]