Degelia cyanoloma is a species of blue-grey to lead-grey foliose lichen in the genus Degelia. It mostly grows on mossy trees in undisturbed woodlands. It is found in the Scottish Highlands, western Ireland and Norway (as well as less prolifically in Spain, France and Portugal), as it grows in maritime Atlantic climates.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Pectenia cyanoloma 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
- Pectenia plumbea
- Pectenia atlantica
- Pannaria lurida
- Degelia gayana
- Pannaria rubiginosa
- Lepidocollema marianum
Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Ascomycota
- Class
- Lecanoromycetes
- Order
- Peltigerales
- Family
- Pannariaceae
- Genus
- Pectenia
- Species
- Pectenia cyanoloma
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