Cladonia prostrata, commonly called dune cup lichen or resurrection lichen, is an endangered species of lichen endemic to the U.S. southeast coastal plain where it is known from populations in Florida, Georgia, and Alabama.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Dune Cup 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
Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Ascomycota
- Class
- Lecanoromycetes
- Order
- Lecanorales
- Family
- Cladoniaceae
- Genus
- Cladonia
- Species
- Cladonia prostrata
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