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  • Chrysothrix chlorina
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  • [“Sulfur dust lichen”; syn. Lepraria chlorina] USES: Dye (Scandinavia) Chrysothrix chlorina was used in Scandinavia to make a brown dye for dye woolens (Uphof 1959). This lichen contains calycin and vulpinic acid, both of which are yellow pigments (Brodo et al. 2001).
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  • [“Sulfur dust lichen”; syn. Lepraria chlorina] USES: Dye (Scandinavia) Chrysothrix chlorina was used in Scandinavia to make a brown dye for dye woolens (Uphof 1959). This lichen contains calycin and vulpinic acid, both of which are yellow pigments (Brodo et al. 2001).