Fw: HERB - oak moss

[Roberta R Comstock]

On Mon, 12 Jul 1999 14:14:00 -0400 "Gaylin Walli" <gwalli at infoengine.com>
writes:
>>Is oak moss the moss I find on the side of my live oak?
>
>Maybe. Someone feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Oak
>Moss typically one of two tree lichens, uhm, Evernia prunastri and
>Pseudevernia furfuracea? That sounds right to me, but my web
>access is down right now and I can't double check my information.
>IIRC, the first of the two is the one that's been used in perfumery
>and medicine at least since the 1500s, but I could be wrong.
>
>Jasmine
>Iasmin de Cordoba
>gwalli at infoengine.com
>

Oak moss Is a lichen (not a moss), but I have no idea whether it is only
one or a generic term for any lichen that grows on oak trees.

Hertha

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