Cladonia stellaris was used as supplementary winter fodder for cattle in the partsof southern Norway. The lichen was often collected in the mountains, not in theforests, in order to avoid the pine needles. In the autumn, moist lichens werepicked by hand or special rakes and bundled together. Later in the winter horsespulled the frozen bundles home on sledges, each load weighted on the average 400-450kg. In some districts, each cow was given 3-5 sledge loads during the winter.
Cladonia stellaris has also been used as human food in starvation periods, albeitCetraria islandica has been more important for this purpose. The human stomachlacks the appropriate microorganisms to degrade lichen carbohydrates. However, thepolymer carbohydrate, lichenin, will swell in boiling water. By eating boiledlichens, the stomach will be inflated enough to stop the feeling of hunger (atleast for a while).
Package: cardboard drums, with double aseptic food poly bags inside. Or by cartons,with vacual aseptic food poly bags inside, 20kgs per carton with 8 bags inside,2.5kgper bag.
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