Flooded jellyskin (Leptogium rivulare) COSEWIC assessment and status report: chapter 9

Aboriginal Traditional Knowledge

There seems to be no indication that Leptogium rivulare ever found use among aboriginal peoples (e.g., Moerman 1999). This is not surprising, considering how rare it seems to be. Also, it does not seem to have any of the features that have made other lichens useful: it contains no special substances that would give it properties for the dyeing of other materials; it has no structural integrity, such as would make it useful fiber; and it is too insubstantial to have attracted attention even as a starvation food.

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