Local Name
Khis khavsi (Tush.) [1], pich’vis khavsi (Tush.) [2]
Description
Thallus foliose appearing fruticose with lobes ascending or prostrate on the substrate; upper surface grey or dark grey, smooth or more often with dense peg-like isidia; lower surface black with lilac shade, with or without sparse rhizoids. Lobes corrugated, densely dichotomously branched and weakly attached to the substrate usually only with their base. Apothecia 5-10 mm diam., spores 7-10 X4 -5 µm.
Habitat
On wood, decaying trees and moss-covered stones.
Distribution
Abkhazeti, Svaneti, Racha-Lechkhumi, Guria, Adjara, Kartli, Mtiuleti, Kakheti, Trialeti, Javakheti, Meskheti [3].
Uses
Tusheti – “We use tree moss (khis khavsi) as a dye, it gives golden-yellow colour” [1]; „It’s a pine moss (“pich’vis lhavsi”) used in textile dying, the moss gives greenish colour“[2].
References
- Melaidze, K., Ichirauli, N. 2014. Vill. Alvani, Akhmeta. 2. Bakhturidze, Ts. 2014. … 3. Nakhutsrishvili, I.G., et al. 1986. Flora of Spore-producing Plants of Georgia (Summary). Metsniereba, Tbilisi.