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 (pre-order).

Usnea, a lichen with some potential medicinal properties, may have some health benefits. But it also comes with some serious side effects.

[DOOM METAL] On its self-released debut, Usnea offered a psychedelic nightmare of twisted riffage and effects abuse that set the band a comfortable parsec apart from the Portland metal pack. Sop ...

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

Everything is in the name, she underscores, explaining that Sri Lanka’s ‘Old Man’s Beard’ falls under the ‘Ramalina’ genus, while those in Europe are under the genus of ‘Usnea’. Genus is a group of ...

For today's column, I decided to discuss an entity that is commonly turned in to us - Usnea lichens, more commonly called Old Man's Beard or Goat's Beard Lichen.This entity is not a plant but ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

Researchers have discovered a new genus of prehistoric deer that they believe existed some 32 million years ago in an area around what is now southwestern South Dakota. The deer would not have ...