Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Fancy Frost 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
- Physconia distorta
- Phaeophyscia ciliata
- Heterodermia hypoleuca
- Anaptychia palmulata
- Physconia detersa
- Physconia subpallida
Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Ascomycota
- Class
- Lecanoromycetes
- Order
- Caliciales
- Family
- Physciaceae
- Genus
- Physconia
- Species
- Physconia americana
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