Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Alternating dog 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
- Peltigera extenuata
- Peltigera rufescens
- Peltigera lepidophora
- Peltigera hymenina
- Peltigera neckeri
- Peltigera malacea
Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Ascomycota
- Class
- Lecanoromycetes
- Order
- Peltigerales
- Family
- Peltigeraceae
- Genus
- Peltigera
- Species
- Peltigera didactyla
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