Lobaria  scrobiculata (Scop.) DC.
Status of species A rare species. Registered in Red Data Book of Estonia and in the Lists of endangered lichens species in Finland, Germany, Austria and Poland.
Distribution Central and western part of Latvia.
Habitat An epiphytic lichen on tree trunks.
Occurance Singly specimens occur on deciduous tree trunks.
Reproduction By soredia.
Changes in number and distribution Found for the first time in Latvia in Slītere (A. Bruttan, 1870), between Līgatne and Sigulda in 1922, in Brasla valley 
(H. Skuja, 1923), and in Nurmizi ravine (A. Piterāns, 1974). 
Existing protection Decision Nr 107, 1987 by the Council of Ministers of the Latvian SSR. Lichen localities are known in Gauja National Park and Slītere reserve. 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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