Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Desert Rockscab 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
- Thalloidima candidum
- Acarospora cervina
- Psora tuckermanii
- Solenopsora candicans
- Squamarina lentigera
- Psora cerebriformis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Ascomycota
- Class
- Lecanoromycetes
- Order
- Acarosporales
- Family
- Acarosporaceae
- Genus
- Glypholecia
- Species
- Glypholecia scabra
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