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Lecidea fuscoatra is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling) crustose lichen in the family Lecideaceae. This widespread species is found across Europe, North America, North Africa, and Asia. First described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753, it forms a thin crust that breaks into small, shiny, tile-like patches ranging from whitish grey to pale brown, typically outlined by a black border of fungal tissue. The lichen produces small black disc-shaped fruiting bodies that are often nestled between the crustal patches and contain eight colourless ascospores per spore sac.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Lecidea fuscoatra 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
- Protoparmelia badia
- Rehmia reducta
- Lecidea atrobrunnea
- Lecidella stigmatea
- Lecidea tessellata
- Lecidea lapicida
Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Ascomycota
- Class
- Lecanoromycetes
- Order
- Lecideales
- Family
- Lecideaceae
- Genus
- Lecidea
- Species
- Lecidea fuscoatra
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