Brigantiaea leucoxantha is a species of crustose lichen in the family Brigantiaeaceae. It was first described as a new species by German botanist Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel in 1820, as Lecidea leucoxantha. Rolf Santesson and Josef Hafellner transferred it to the genus Brigantiaea in 1982.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of American Sunrise 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
Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Ascomycota
- Class
- Lecanoromycetes
- Order
- Teloschistales
- Family
- Brigantiaeaceae
- Genus
- Brigantiaea
- Species
- Brigantiaea leucoxantha
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