| override_editor, Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition…
“ It grows abundantly in the mountainous regions of northern countries, and specially it is characteristic of the lava slopes and plains of the west and north of Iceland. As met with in commerce it is a light-grey harsh cartilaginous body, almost destitute of odour, and having a slightly bitter taste. It contains about 70 per cent. of lichenin or lichen-starch, a body isomeric with common starch, but wanting any appearance of structure. ”
