Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Sandy Oysters 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
- Phaeophyscia hirsuta
- Physciella chloantha
- Physciella melanchra
- Phaeophyscia adiastola
- Phaeophyscia orbicularis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Ascomycota
- Class
- Lecanoromycetes
- Order
- Caliciales
- Family
- Physciaceae
- Genus
- Phaeophyscia
- Species
- Phaeophyscia nigricans
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