Usnea florida is a species of beard lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. First described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753 and later reclassified by Friedrich Heinrich Wiggers in 1780, it is a shrubby, upright lichen growing 2–10 cm tall with slender, curved branches covered in papillae and fibrils, and distinctive disc-shaped reproductive structures (apothecia) surrounded by branching filaments.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Flowery 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
- Parmeliaceae
- Genus
- Usnea
- Species
- Usnea florida
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