{"id":1251,"date":"2018-12-29T11:48:02","date_gmt":"2018-12-29T17:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/?p=1251"},"modified":"2018-12-29T11:48:02","modified_gmt":"2018-12-29T17:48:02","slug":"tree-lungwort-lobaria-pulmonaria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/?p=1251","title":{"rendered":"Tree Lungwort <em>(Lobaria pulmonaria)<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1252\" style=\"width: 970px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Tree_Lungwort_01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1252\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1252\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Tree_Lungwort_01.jpg\" alt=\"Tree Lungwort\" width=\"960\" height=\"721\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Tree_Lungwort_01.jpg 960w, https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Tree_Lungwort_01-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Tree_Lungwort_01-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Tree_Lungwort_01-624x469.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1252\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Luciearl<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Tree Lungwort <em>(Lobaria pulmonaria)<\/em> is common in the northeast and north-central regions on Minnesota. It is found on trees, mossy rocks, and wood in mature coniferous and deciduous forests. It is sensitive to atmospheric pollution and is considered a good indicator of a rich, healthy, unpolluted forest.<\/p>\n<p>Tree Lungwort is leaf-like and is divided into large lobes. The lobes are often attached at just one end and hang loosely. They are pale brown to olive-brown and papery when dry, bright green and leathery when wet or moist. The upper surface has a conspicuous network of ridges and depressions.<\/p>\n<p>Tree Lungwort is a favorite food source for moose in northeast United States. It was once thought by herbalists to be a remedy for tuberculosis because it resembles lung tissue.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.minnesotaseasons.com\/Fungi\/Tree_Lungwort.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.minnesotaseasons.com\/Fungi\/Tree_Lungwort.html<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/?p=1251\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"button_count\"  size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tree Lungwort (Lobaria pulmonaria) is common in the northeast and north-central regions on Minnesota. It is found on trees, mossy rocks, and wood in mature coniferous and deciduous forests. It is sensitive to atmospheric pollution and is considered a good indicator of a rich, healthy, unpolluted forest. Tree Lungwort is leaf-like and is divided into [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[519,518],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1251"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1251"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1253,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1251\/revisions\/1253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}