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Polyblastidium hypoleucum, the cupped fringe lichen, is a widely distributed species of corticolous (bark-dwelling), foliose lichen in the family Physciaceae.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Cupped Fringe 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
- Physconia subpallida
- Heterodermia speciosa
- Heterodermia obscurata
- Anzia colpodes
- Heterodermia squamulosa
- Physconia americana
Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Ascomycota
- Class
- Lecanoromycetes
- Order
- Caliciales
- Family
- Physciaceae
- Genus
- Heterodermia
- Species
- Heterodermia hypoleuca
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