Name: Usnea
Toxicity: not known
Common Names: Tree Lichen, Old Man Beard Lichen
Continent: North Temperate Zone
Habitat: woods
Applicable Component: lichen
Desistant
Pacificatory
Reconciliatory
Amoristic
Vulnerary
Resurgent
Anecdotal: Usnea is Deer Medicine used to decorate ritual masks. It can also be processed to produce yellow paint. Usnea, like most mosses, is imbued with the spirit of comfort. Its soothing nature gently addresses endopsychic wounds and bolsters ones shield of protection against their return.