Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Chewing Gum 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
- Gyalolechia flavovirescens
- Athallia holocarpa
- Caloplaca litoricola
- Xanthocarpia feracissima
- Xanthocarpia ochracea
Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Ascomycota
- Class
- Lecanoromycetes
- Order
- Lecanorales
- Family
- Psoraceae
- Genus
- Protoblastenia
- Species
- Protoblastenia rupestris
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