Spicy Mustard-rosette

Pyxine sorediata, commonly known as mustard lichen, is a widely distributed species of foliose lichen in the family Caliciaceae. It has a subtropical to warm temperate distribution, and grows on bark, rocks, and moss as substrates. Pyxine sorediata has been reported from regions of North America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australasia.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Spicy Mustard-rosette 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

• Heterodermia albicans
• Physcia atrostriata
• Pyxine subcinerea
• Heterodermia obscurata
• Physconia detersa
• Phaeophyscia squarrosa

Classification

Kingdom

Fungi

Phylum

Ascomycota

Class

Lecanoromycetes

Order

Caliciales

Family

Caliciaceae

Genus

Pyxine

Species

Pyxine sorediata

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