Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Giant Candlewax Lichen being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Ricasolia quercizans
- Pannaria araneosa
- Myelochroa aurulenta
- Parmotrema subtinctorium
- Parmotrema ultralucens
Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Ascomycota
- Class
- Lecanoromycetes
- Order
- Peltigerales
- Family
- Lobariaceae
- Genus
- Ricasolia
- Species
- Ricasolia amplissima
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