Usnea is a type of lichen used in traditional medicine. This article tells you everything you need to know about usnea, including its benefits and side effects.

The not-easily-pigeonholable PacNW metal band Usnea will release their first album in six years, Bathed In Light, on May 26 via Translation Loss ().They recently put out lead single “From Soot ...

Usnea, a lichen with some potential medicinal properties, may have some health benefits. But it also comes with some serious side effects. If you’ve ever gone on a hike and seen funky-looking ...

Overuse of weed-and-feed products?To learn more about this lichen, goon line and do a search under the Genus Usnea. Raymond Zerba is a University of Florida Clay County extension faculty member.

Lichens in the genus Usnea are typically either upright and shrubby or hanging and filamentous. They’re usually gray-green in color. The green comes from their photobiont ...

SEE IT: Usnea plays White Owl Social Club, 1305 SE 8th Ave., with Lord Dying and Cold Blue Mountain, on Saturday, Dec. 13. 8 pm. Free. 21+. WWeek 2015 ...

On Their New Album, Usnea’s Dystopian Metal Is Starting to Sound a Lot Like Real Life With "Portals Into Futility," Usnea offer earthly defeatism that gives way to cosmic indifference—and ...

Dr. Weerakoon says: “Finding the lichen species Usnea barbata in Sri Lanka is just a myth. It is a botanical misidentification. Sri Lanka’s ‘Old Man’s Beard’ is a different lichen genus and family – ...

Last month we introduced you to Usnea, a Portland-based band who, despite the questionable pronunciation of their name, bring the doom in a serious way.. Rare is the doom band that can ratchet up the ...

Usnea are the kind of band whose name inspires hearty conversations about its correct pronunciation (see also: Necrophagist, Zoroaster, Allegaeon, Anaal Nathrakh). I submit the following options for ...

Italian psychedelic doom merchants Ufomammut bring their first full U.S. tour to the Bay Area for these two shows promoting the band's latest Neurot Recordings album Ecatein Santa Cruz and San Fran ...

Usnea and Ruins tear at each other, fraying their aesthetics against each other, and the resulting raggedness is appealing. (Halo of Flies) Music Reviews Metal and Hardcore Album Reviews.