Lobaria  pulmonaria (L.) Hoffm.
Status of species A rare species. Registered in the Red Data Books of Estonia and Lithuania and in the Lists of endangered lichens species in Finland, Germany, Austria and Poland.
Distribution Rare all over the territory of Latvia.
Habitat On deciduous trees in mixed forests, occasionaly also in parks.
Occurance Singly specimens occur.
Reproduction By spores and soredia.
Changes in number and distribution Found for the first time in Latvia in the surraundings of Inčukalns (C. Lucas, 1863). It is negatively affected by changes in biotope and by environmental pollution.
Existing protection Decision Nr 107, 1987 by the Council of Ministers of the Latvian SSR. Localities are known in Slītere and Moricsala reserves, and in Gauja National Park. Red Data Book of Latvia, 1985.
Suggestions for study Lichen biology and dynamics of population development should be studied. Its distribution should be defined.
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