Parmotrema crinitum, the salted ruffle lichen, is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling), foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It was formally described as a new species in 1814 by the Swedish lichenologist Erik Acharius, as Parmelia crinita. Maurice Choisy transferred it to the genus Parmotrema in 1952.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Salted Ruffle 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
- Parmotrema subisidiosum
- Parmotrema mellissii
- Parmotrema arnoldii
- Parmotrema margaritatum
- Parmotrema reticulatum
- Parmotrema ultralucens
Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Ascomycota
- Class
- Lecanoromycetes
- Order
- Lecanorales
- Family
- Parmeliaceae
- Genus
- Parmotrema
- Species
- Parmotrema crinitum
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