Usnea Tincture & Alcohol-Free Extract

Usnea (Usnea barbata) is old man's beard or beard lichen, not a plant but a lichen of the family Parmeliaceae, a partnership between a fungus and a green alga, found hanging from the branches of conifers and hardwoods in humid forests across North America, Europe and Asia. It forms pale grey-green, tufted or pendulous strands up to 20 cm long that branch repeatedly like a tangled beard; pulling a strand apart reveals a white, elastic central cord, the feature that separates Usnea from look-alike lichens. The whole body is called a thallus. We extract the dried thallus.