Lobothallia alphoplaca, the variable sunken disk lichen, is a creamy gray to brown, placodioid areolate lichen that grows on rock in on rock and sometimes moss. It prefers growing on siliceous rocks. It is found in Europe, central Asia, and North America, where it grows in the southwestern deserts to central California. In Nepal, Lobothallia alphoplaca has been reported at 4,400 m elevation in a compilation of published records; this reported range lies above the treeline used in the study.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Lobothallia alphoplaca 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
- Dimelaena radiata
- Placopsis perrugosa
- Lobothallia radiosa
- Protoparmeliopsis garovaglii
- Protoparmelia badia
- Solenopsora candicans
Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Ascomycota
- Class
- Lecanoromycetes
- Order
- Pertusariales
- Family
- Megasporaceae
- Genus
- Lobothallia
- Species
- Lobothallia alphoplaca
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