Grey-green reindeer lichen harvestable (cladonia rangiferina)

[JP_Finn]

Make lichen harvestable.

Preferably akin to harvesting bark from trees, but only every ~5 years per tile.

Boil it (or crush and then boil) for mediocre carbohydrate source. After boiling, allow it to be used as 'vegetable' in recipes.


Best I've seen mentioned 12 carb/100g, 0 fat, 0 protein. Lot of the sources say it has and can be used for making aquavit (alcohol). And Alaskan native use boiled reindeer lichen as medicine for diarrhea.
It's actually really hard to find any data on non-farmed plants for their nutritional values.
FWIW IRL, don't chew the stuff pre-boiled, doesn't taste great. And is really acidic. Hope you got lead-lined gut...