one liken used in spices in Marathi called as "Dagadful" Madhuri --- On Wed, 12/1/11, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:60157] Fruits & Vegetable week: Iceland Moss > To: "Na Bha" <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, 12 January, 2011, 10:07 PM > Thats a nice information mam. I > assume we should keep lichens among spices. > > I have seen people selling Lichens at very high rates in > Delhi market > as spices, and these plants are being extracted on a very > large scale > from temperate regions in Himalaya (I am just talking about > Indian > Lichen market). > > Just to add, lichens are one of the preferred food of Musk > Deer in Himalayas. > > Pankaj > > > > > > On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 9:45 PM, Na Bha <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Iceland Moss Cetraria islandica is not a moss, but > lichen, a symbiotic > > association between algae and fungus. > > is a circumpolar plant abundant throughout the arctic > and mountains regions > > of the northern countries. It is found on the > mountains of north Wales, > > north England, Scotland and south-west Ireland. In > North America its range > > extends through Arctic regions, from Alaska to > Newfoundland, and south in > > the Rocky Mountains to Colorado, and to the > Appalachian Mountains of New > > England. > > > > lant Parts Used: The whole plant. The lichen may be > gathered throughout the > > year; during the dry weather between May and September > is best. It can be > > dried for later use by removing loose debris and > drying it in direct sun or > > shade. Cetraria islandica is available as a dried > whole plant, and as > > powdered herb extract. > > > > I don't have my own fotos, because when I visited > Iceland digital cameras > > were not yet there. I have some slides, but it take > quite some time till I > > have digitalized all slides. > > But dishes of Icelan moss (soup, dessert etc. ) are > very tasty, and the moss > > has a flavour like cardamom. > > Here http://www.herbal-supplement-resource.com/iceland-moss.html > you can > > find more Information and one Pic. > > Regards > > Nalini > > > > > > -- > *********************************************** > "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT > !!" > > > Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) > Research Associate > Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project > Department of Habitat Ecology > Wildlife Institute of India > Post Box # 18 > Dehradun - 248001, India >
