Diplotomma alboatrum

Diplotomma alboatrum is a species of lichen in the family Caliciaceae. It was first described as Lichen alboater by German lichenologist Georg Franz Hoffmann in 1784. Julius von Flotow transferred it to the genus Diplotomma in 1849. The lichen is widely distributed, and has been recorded in Europe, North America, and Australasia.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Diplotomma alboatrum 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

• Rehmia reducta
• Porpidia tuberculosa
• Diploschistes actinostomus
• Tephromela atra
• Pyrenodesmia variabilis
• Diploschistes diacapsis

Classification

Kingdom

Fungi

Phylum

Ascomycota

Class

Lecanoromycetes

Order

Caliciales

Family

Caliciaceae

Genus

Diplotomma

Species

Diplotomma alboatrum

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